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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Main Author: Christgau, John.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.