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Perfect timing : how Isaac Murphy became one of the world's greatest jockeys

Title
Perfect timing : how Isaac Murphy became one of the world's greatest jockeys / by Patsi B. Trollinger ; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue.
Author
Trollinger, Patsi B.
Publication
New York : Viking, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Lagarrigue, Jerome
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 24 x 28 cm.
Summary
See how one offer to ride a horse changed Isaac Murphy's life and gave him the chance to become one of the greatest jockeys of all time.
Subject
  • Murphy, Isaac Burns, 1861-1896
  • African American jockeys > Biography
  • Jockeys > United States > Biography
  • Horse racing > United States > History
Call Number
Sc+ E 17-895
ISBN
  • 0670060836
  • 9780670060832
LCCN
2005033855
OCLC
62342101
Author
Trollinger, Patsi B.
Title
Perfect timing : how Isaac Murphy became one of the world's greatest jockeys / by Patsi B. Trollinger ; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue.
Imprint
New York : Viking, 2006.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Added Author
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Lagarrigue, Jerome, ill.
Research Call Number
Sc+ E 17-895
J B Murphy T
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