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Jockey Young'uns: The Legend of the Kentucky Derby’s Youngest Winners

"Jockey Young'uns: The Legend of the Kentucky Derby's Youngest Winners" is a children's book that tells the inspiring stories of Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton and James "Soup" Perkins, two Black jockeys who achieved great success and faced challenges in the world of horseracing during the late 19th and e...

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Scott A. Gruender

Jockey: The Rider's Life in American Thoroughbred Racing

Being a jockey is more than a career, it's a way of life. The glitz and glamour of the show may belie all the time and effort that goes into it, but the life of a jockey entails a great deal of risk, personal sacrifice and hardship. Often viewed as second-rate athletes, partly because of their small...

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Shelley Peterson

CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) ― Commended 2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection A teen girl’s quest to find her mother leads her to the big city, and gives her the courage to fulfill her dream of becoming a jockey. Evangeline “Evie” Gibb lives a seemingly charmed lif...

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Rosalie Lauerman

Jockey Hollow: Where a Forgotten Army Persevered to Win America's Freedom

"Those who have only been in Valley Forge and Middlebrook during the last two winters, but have not tasted the cruelties of this one, know not what it is to suffer." Major General Johann de Kalb, an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, was describing the winter of 1779-80 ...

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Jockey Hollow: A Novel Of The American Revolution

Fight for the Patriots? Or give loyalty to his heritage as a British subject? Young Jabez Coventry, caught in the whirlwind of the American Revolution, must decide. When he does, the choice leads to more adventure, danger - and romance - than he could ever have believed. Excitement builds on every p...

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Jockey Daughter

Most children growing up cannot say their fathers were jockeys who rode race horses for a living. With that profession comes excitement, privilege, community status, and a vast array of Hall of Fame athletes and a host of trainers, agents, stable workers and jockeys frequently visiting the home. Tha...

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MINECRAFT: Diary of a Pumpkin Jockey: Unofficial Books

Minecraft: Diary of a Pumpkin Jockey Halloween in Minecraft will never be the same… CJ, the chicken-riding zombie kid you thought you knew, has a big problem. His faithful mount, Clucky, has been cursed by a witch and transformed into a glowing, bouncing pumpkin. Suddenly, CJ isn’t a Chicken Jo...

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Minecraft: Diary of a Chicken Jockey 2 – The Nether Prophecy: Unofficial Books (Minecraft Chicken Jockey Adventures)

Minecraft: Diary of a Chicken Jockey 2 – The Nether Prophecy By Tom Blocklad Zee is back—and things are even weirder than before. After saving the Overworld (sort of), our favorite baby zombie is riding high on fame, feathers, and a mild egg allergy. But when a mysterious Nether portal tears o...

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Ride the White Horse: A Checkered Jockey's Story of Racing, Rage and Redemption

“I’ve experienced racing from the hooves up, rage from the inside out and redemption from heaven down,” says author Eddie Donnally, an ordained minister, endorsed chaplain and the only former jockey to win an Eclipse Award for Outstanding Newspaper Writing. An electric jockey with a juice mach...

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My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak – An Inspiring Biography of a Champion Racehorse and His Valiant Fight

A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006. Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by the largest margin of victory in sixty years, stirring talk of a possible Triple Crown. But in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes two weeks later, th...

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Minecraft: Chicken Jockey’s Christmas Diary – The Twelve Days of Chaos: Unofficial Adventure Books (Minecraft Chicken Jockey Adventures)

Minecraft: Chicken Jockey’s Christmas Diary – The Twelve Days of Chaos by Tom Blocklad When it comes to Christmas in the Overworld, nothing ever goes smoothly for CJ the Chicken Jockey. After last year’s ghostly holiday disaster, he promised himself one thing — a calm, quiet Christmas. No ...

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Minecraft: Chicken Jockey vs. The Creeper King: Unofficial Books

Minecraft: Chicken Jockey vs. The Creeper King Explosions. Disguises. Lava parkour. And a chicken with a fake mustache. Just another day in the jungle... The jungle biome has gone eerily quiet. The parrots have stopped squawking. The ocelots have vanished. And the vines? Yeah... they’re explodin...

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Kokomo Joe: The Story of the First Japanese American Jockey in the United States (Bison Original)

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 th...

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Minecraft: Diary of a Chicken Jockey – Baby Zombie Bros Forever: Unofficial Books (Minecraft Chicken Jockey Adventures)

Minecraft: Diary of a Chicken Jockey – Baby Zombie Bros Forever is a laugh-out-loud adventure perfect for Minecraft fans who love chaos, friendship, and chickens with attitude. Meet Zee, a chicken-riding zombie with a surprisingly decent sense of direction and a not-so-decent best friend: DB, a b...

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Minecraft: Diary of Chicken Jockey – Search for The Phantom Farter: Unofficial Books

Minecraft: Diary of Chicken Jockey – Search for The Phantom Farter An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure by Tom Blocklad Something stinks in the village. And it’s not the compost pile. When an unstoppable wave of mystery farts starts clearing out the town square, Chicken Jockey makes it his missio...

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The Complete Baby Zeke: The Diary of a Chicken Jockey, Books 1 to 9 (an unofficial Minecraft book) (Collected Baby Zeke)

Love the world of Minecraft? Love epic and funny Minecraft fanfiction? Then you will love the complete unofficial Minecraft diary of the most famous chicken jockey in the history of the Overworld: Baby Zeke! *** "If you're the parent of a young Minecraft fan, get them reading with book...

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Julie Krone, Unstoppable Jockey (ACHIEVERS)

Discusses the childhood, education, riding career, and personal life of the first woman jockey to win a Triple Crown race Grade 4-6?These titles detail the athletes' early years and continue through their break into prominence and up to the present day. The information seems to be drawn from newspap...

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Minecraft: Diary of a Migrant Chicken Jockey – Finding a Home in a New Land: Unofficial Books (Minecraft Chicken Jockey Adventures)

Minecraft: Diary of a Migrant Chicken Jockey – Finding a Home in a New Land is a heartfelt, funny, and unforgettable adventure that blends humor with real-world themes of identity, acceptance, and courage. Meet Amir—a determined young chicken jockey who flees his desert homeland after a devasta...

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Seán Hemingway

The Horse and Jockey from Artemision: A Bronze Equestrian Monument of the Hellenistic Period (Volume 45)

In 1928, and again in 1937, parts of a large-scale bronze horse and nearly complete jockey were recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece, where they had gone down in a shipwreck. These original Hellenistic sculptures, known together as the "Horse and Jockey Group from Artemision," are am...

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Diary of a Chicken Jockey: Warden's Revenge: Unofficial Books (Minecraft Chicken Jockey Adventures)

Diary of a Chicken Jockey – Warden’s Revenge By Tom Blocklad Zee the Chicken Jockey is back—and he’s made a terrible mistake. All he wanted was treasure. What he found was a strange shrine buried in the Deep Dark… and he poked it. With a stick. Now something is following him. Something a...

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