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    Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride
    Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride
    Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride
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    Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride

    By Frank X Walker

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    The captivating story of a record-setting nineteenth-century black jockey told in poetry.

    In this creative foray into persona poems, Walker immerses himself in the life of African American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy (1861–1896). The son of a slave, Murphy’s legendary career riveted the attention of the nation and established him as one of the greatest jockeys of all time. Walker’s poetry breathes life into the voices of Murphy and his family, the neglected history of African Americans in thoroughbred racing, and racial tensions in the post-Civil War South.

    Published in 2010 by Old Cove Press

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOhio University Press
    Release dateJan 7, 2021
    ISBN9781735224220
    Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride
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    Frank X Walker

    FRANK W WALKER is the 2013-2014 poet laureate of Kentucky. He is an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky and the editor of Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture. A Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry recipient, he is the author of five collections of poetry, including Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, which won the Lillian Smith Book Award, and Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride.

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