{"product_id":"9780071487047","title":"Wink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"May be the most fascinating untold sports story in American history.\"--Charles Osgood, anchor, \u003ci\u003eCBS News Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Winkfield's story is so incredible you'll find yourself wondering why you've never heard it before.\"--MSNBC\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Winkfield's life (is) an unbelievable ride.\"--ESPN\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"For once, a book's breathless subtitle is accurate.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This is the stuff of great nonfiction.\"--Douglas Brinkley, author of \u003ci\u003eTour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWinkfield achieved a human greatness that transcends the limits of sport. In \u003ci\u003eWink\u003c\/i\u003e, Ed Hotaling tells this wonderful story--this American story--in all its rich and vibrant power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw Hill LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119391359216,"sku":"9780071487047","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780071487047_p0.jpg?v=1763636196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780071487047","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}