{"product_id":"kokomo-joe-the-story-of-the-first-japanese-american-jockey-in-the-united-states-paperback-softback-9780803218970","title":"Kokomo Joe; The Story of the First Japanese American Jockey in the United States (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803218970","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKokomo Joe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Story of the First Japanese American Jockey in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Christgau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803218970\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 9 photographs\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Christgau masterfully unearths a story about a small man with a giant spirit struggling to realize a dream in the midst of racial hatred and war.\"—Satsuki Ina, producer of \u003ci\u003eFrom a Silk Cocoon\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"John Christgau has given us the bittersweet story of 'Kokomo Joe' Kobuki, who carried the American dream on his tiny shoulders, and of those whose fear of others tried to wrest the dream from him.\"—Stephen Fox, author of \u003ci\u003eFear Itself: Inside the FBI Roundup of German Americans during World War II\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Through his detailed writing Christgau makes Kokomo Joe's rise representative of the rise of Japanese America.\"—Kerwin Berk, \u003ci\u003eNichi Bei Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe 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 the American dream catapulting headlong into the nightmare of a nation gripped by wartime hysteria and xenophobia. The story that unfolds in \u003ci\u003eKokomo Joe\u003c\/i\u003e is at once inspiring, deeply sad, and richly ironic—and remarkably relevant in our own climate of nationalist fervor and racial profiling.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSent to Japan from Washington State after his mother and three siblings died of the Spanish flu, Kobuki continued to nurse his dream of the American good life. Because of his small stature, his ambition steered him to a future as a star jockey. John Christgau narrates Kobuki's rise from lowly stable boy to reigning star at California fairs and in the bush leagues. He describes how, at the height of the jockey's fame, even his flight into the Sonora Desert could not protect him from the government's espionage and sabotage dragnet. And finally he recounts how, after three years of internment, Kokomo Joe tried to reclaim his racing success, only to fall victim to still-rampant racism, a career-ending injury, and cancer.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. The Pocket Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Kokomo Joe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Mister Charley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Brilliant Queen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. The Yankee Doodle Boys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Joltin' Joe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. The Railbird Witch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. The Oriental Invaders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Lumberjacks and Truckers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Joe Btfsplk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Miserable Saboteurs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Nipponese Dynamite\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Hoover's Lists\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Fibber McGee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. The Whiz Kid with the Jive Drive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. The Canadian Mounties\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. Chester from \u003cu\u003eGunsmoke\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. 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