{"product_id":"wink-the-incredible-life-and-epic-journey-of-jimmy-winkfield-0071467564","title":"Wink: The Incredible Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0071467564\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hotaling, d\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"May be the most fascinating untold sports story in American history.\"--Charles Osgood, anchor, CBS News Sunday Morning\"Winkfield's story is so incredible you'll find yourself wondering why you've never heard it before.\"--MSNBC\"Winkfield's life (is) an unbelievable ride.\"--ESPN\"For once, a book's breathless subtitle is accurate.\"--The Washington Post\"This is the stuff of great nonfiction.\"--Douglas Brinkley, author of Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam WarIn 1904, at age twenty-three, two-time Kentucky Derby-winner Jimmy Winkfield was forced from American horseracing by a virulent combination of racism and hard times. Wink left his beloved Kentucky, bought a steamer ticket for Europe, and made the world his racetrack.There he embarked on a decades-long odyssey, rising to superstardom and winning and losing two fortunes. Driven at gunpoint from Russia by the Bolshevik Army and from France by Nazi occupiers, the 105-pound jockey proved himself the most resilient, courageous athlete of the twentieth century. In 2005, Winkfield was inducted into America's horse racing Hall of Fame.Winkfield achieved a human greatness that transcends the limits of sport. In Wink, Ed Hotaling tells this wonderful story--this American story--in all its rich and vibrant power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51664053240096,"sku":"NEW0071467564","price":34.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/715PH3grZJL.jpg?v=1778877282","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/wink-the-incredible-life-and-epic-journey-of-jimmy-winkfield-0071467564","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}