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Kokomo Joe: The Story of the First Japanese American Jockey in the United States (Bison Original)
John Christgau
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Description for Kokomo Joe: The Story of the First Japanese American Jockey in the United States (Bison Original)
paperback. The first Japanese American jockey, Kokomo Joe burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. This title narrates Kobuki's rise from lowly stable boy to reigning star at California fairs and in the bush leagues. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGS; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
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. Sent to Japan from Washington ... Read more
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. Sent to Japan from Washington ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803218970
SKU
V9780803218970
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About John Christgau
John Christgau (1934–2018), was an English instructor and lecturer, and is the author of many books, including The Gambler and the Bug Boy: 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix (Nebraska 2007) and Tricksters in the Madhouse: Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948, available in a Bison Books edition.
Reviews for Kokomo Joe: The Story of the First Japanese American Jockey in the United States (Bison Original)
“Christgau masterfully unearths a story about a small man with a giant spirit struggling to realize a dream in the midst of racial hatred and war.”—Satsuki Ina, producer of From a Silk Cocoon “John Christgau has given us the bittersweet story of ‘Kokomo Joe’ Kobuki, who carried the American dream on his tiny shoulders, and of those whose fear of ... Read more