Kokomo Joe the story of the first Japanese American jockey in the United States /
The first Japanese American jockey, Kokomo Joe burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. As war with Japan loomed, Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki won race after race, stirring passions far beyond merely the envy and antagonism of other jockeys. His is a story...
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Lincoln :
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Kokomo Joe |b the story of the first Japanese American jockey in the United States / |c John Christgau. |h [electronic resource] : |
| 260 | # | # | |a Lincoln : |b University of Nebraska Press, |c c2009. |
| 300 | # | # | |a 1 online resource (xii, 202 p., [4] p. of plates) : |b ill. |
| 500 | # | # | |a "A Bison original"--P. [4] of cover. |
| 504 | # | # | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-202). |
| 505 | 0 | # | |a The pocket baby -- Kokomo Joe -- Mister Charley -- Brilliant queen -- The Yankee Doodle boys -- Joltin' Joe -- The railbird witch -- The oriental invaders -- Lumberjacks and truckers -- Joe Btfsplk -- Miserable saboteurs -- Nipponese dynamite -- Hoover's lists -- Fibber McGee -- The whiz kid with the jive drive -- The Canadian mounties -- Chester from Gunsmoke -- Stargazers. |
| 520 | # | # | |a The first Japanese American jockey, Kokomo Joe burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. As war with Japan loomed, Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki won race after race, stirring passions far beyond merely the envy and antagonism of other jockeys. His is a story of the American dream catapulting headlong into the nightmare of a nation gripped by wartime hysteria and xenophobia. The story that unfolds in Kokomo Joe is at once inspiring, deeply sad, and richly ironic--and remarkably relevant in our own climate of nationalist fervor and racial profiling. |
| 588 | # | # | |a Description based on print version record. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kobuki, Yoshio, |d 1918-1997. |
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| 650 | # | 4 | |a Kobuki, Yoshio. |
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| 650 | # | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Equestrian. |2 bisacsh |
| 650 | # | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Horse Racing. |2 bisacsh |
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