Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Life and Times of Tod Sloan
by John Dizikes
"Sloan's innovative riding style helped to transform horse racing into the first nationally popular spectator sport, drawing huge crowds and vast amounts of betting money. But Sloan's career was crushingly ended by those who resented and envied him. A dandy, a big spender, a man whose company women loved, Sloan related to horses in an almost magical way, yet foundered in his dealings with people.
This book is the biography of a diminutive man who lived in large style as well as a fascinating cultural history that illuminates the history of horse racing and betting, the democratization of sport, changing conceptions of masculinity, the hypocrisy of Victorian morality, the lionizing and demonizing of celebrities, and a variety of other inviting topics."--BOOK JACKET.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy: the life and times of Tod Sloan
2004, University of Nebraska Press
in English
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Yankee Doodle Dandy: The Life and Times of Tod Sloan
September 10, 2000, Yale University Press
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in English
0300083343 9780300083347
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