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The Kentucky Derby

How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event

By: James C. Nicholson

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The Kentucky Derby

How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event

By: James C. Nicholson

Provides a complete history of the Kentucky Derby, examining the tradition, spectacle, culture and evolution of an event that has marveled America--and the world--for more than 130 years.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813135761

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9780813135762

Never Say Die

A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry

By: James C. Nicholson

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Never Say Die

A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry

By: James C. Nicholson

A quarter of a million people braved miserable conditions at Epsom Downs on June 2, 1954, to see the 175th running of the prestigious Derby Stakes. Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill were in attendance, along with thousands of Britons who were all convinced of the unfailing superiority of English bloodstock and eager to see a British colt take the victory. They were shocked when a Kentucky-born chestnut named Never Say Die galloped to a two-length triumph at odds of 33--1, winning Britain's greatest race and beginning an important shift in the world of Thoroughbred racing. Never Say Die traces the history of this extraordinary colt, beginning with his foaling in Lexington, Kentucky, when a shot of bourbon whiskey revived him and earned him his name. Author James C. Nicholson also tells the stories of the influential individuals brought together by the horse and his victory -- from the heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune to the Aga Khan. Most fascinating is the tale of Mona Best of Liverpool, England, whose well-placed bet on the long-shot Derby contender allowed her to open the Casbah Coffee Club. There, her son met musicians John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison and later joined their band. Featuring a foreword by the original drummer for the Beatles, Pete Best, this remarkable book reveals how an underdog's surprise victory played a part in the formation of the most successful and influential rock band in history and made the Bluegrass region of Kentucky the center of the international Thoroughbred industry.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813141672

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Racing for America

The Horse Race of the Century and the Redemption of a Sport

By: James C. Nicholson

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Racing for America

The Horse Race of the Century and the Redemption of a Sport

By: James C. Nicholson

On October 20, 1923, at Belmont Park in New York, Kentucky Derby champion Zev toed the starting line alongside Epsom Derby winner Papyrus, the top colt from England, to compete for a $100,000 purse. Years of Progressive reform efforts had nearly eliminated horse racing in the United States only a decade earlier. But for weeks leading up to the match race that would be officially dubbed the "International," unprecedented levels of newspaper coverage helped accelerate American horse racing's return from the brink of extinction. In this book, James C. Nicholson explores the convergent professional lives of the major players involved in the Horse Race of the Century, including Zev's oil-tycoon owner Harry Sinclair, and exposes the central role of politics, money, and ballyhoo in the Jazz Age resurgence of the sport of kings. Zev was an apt national mascot in an era marked by a humming industrial economy, great coziness between government and business interests, and reliance on national mythology as a bulwark against what seemed to be rapid social, cultural, and economic changes. Reflecting some of the contradiction and incongruity of the Roaring Twenties, Americans rallied around the horse that was, in the words of his owner, "racing for America," even as that owner was reported to have been engaged in a scheme to defraud the United States of millions of barrels of publicly owned oil. Racing for America provides a parabolic account of a nation struggling to reconcile its traditional values with the complexity of a new era in which the US had become a global superpower trending toward oligarchy, and the world's greatest consumer of commercialized spectacle.

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081318066X

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9780813180663

The Notorious John Morrissey

How a Bare-Knuckle Brawler Became a Congressman and Founded Saratoga Race Course

By: James C. Nicholson

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The Notorious John Morrissey

How a Bare-Knuckle Brawler Became a Congressman and Founded Saratoga Race Course

By: James C. Nicholson

An Irish immigrant, a collection agent for crime bosses, a professional boxer, and a prodigious gambler, John Morrissey was -- if nothing else -- an unlikely candidate to become one of the most important figures in the history of Thoroughbred racing. As a young man, he worked as a political heavy in New York before going to San Francisco in search of fortune at the height of the Gold Rush. After returning to the east coast, he was hired by Tammany Hall and was soon locked in a deadly rivalry with William Poole, better known as "Bill the Butcher." As time went on, Morrissey parlayed his youthful exploits into a remarkably successful career as a businessman and politician. After establishing a gambling house in Saratoga Springs, the hard-nosed entrepreneur organized the first Thoroughbred race meet at what would become Saratoga Race Course in 1863. Morrissey went on to be elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and two terms in the New York State Senate. In The Notorious John Morrissey, James C. Nicholson explores the improbable life of the man who brought Thoroughbred racing back to prominence in the United States. Though few of his contemporaries did more to develop the commercialization of sports in America, Morrissey's colorful background has prevented him from getting the attention he deserves. This entertaining and long-overdue biography finally does justice to his astounding rags-to-riches story while exploring an intriguing chapter in the history of horse racing.

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081316754X

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The Kentucky Derby

How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event

By: James C. Nicholson

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The Kentucky Derby

How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event

By: James C. Nicholson

Provides a complete history of the Kentucky Derby, examining the tradition, spectacle, culture and evolution of an event that has marveled America--and the world--for more than 130 years.

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Basic Analysis V

Functional Analysis and Topology

By: James K. Peterson

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Basic Analysis V

Functional Analysis and Topology

By: James K. Peterson

Basic Analysis V: Functional Analysis and Topology introduces graduate students in science to concepts from topology and functional analysis, both linear and nonlinear. It is the fifth book in a series designed to train interested readers how to think properly using mathematical abstractions, and how to use the tools of mathematical analysis in applications. It is important to realize that the most difficult part of applying mathematical reasoning to a new problem domain is choosing the underlying mathematical framework to use on the problem. Once that choice is made, we have many tools we can use to solve the problem. However, a different choice would open up avenues of analysis from a different, perhaps more productive, perspective. In this volume, the nature of these critical choices is discussed using applications involving the immune system and cognition. Features Develops a proof of the Jordan Canonical form to show some basic ideas in algebraic topology Provides a thorough treatment of topological spaces, finishing with the Krein–Milman theorem Discusses topological degree theory (Brouwer, Leray–Schauder, and Coincidence) Carefully develops manifolds and functions on manifolds ending with Riemannian metrics Suitable for advanced students in mathematics and associated disciplines Can be used as a traditional textbook as well as for self-study Author James K. Peterson is an Emeritus Professor at the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University. He tries hard to build interesting models of complex phenomena using a blend of mathematics, computation, and science. To this end, he has written four books on how to teach such things to biologists and cognitive scientists. These books grew out of his Calculus for Biologists courses offered to the biology majors from 2007 to 2015. He has taught the analysis courses since he started teaching both at Clemson and at his previous post at Michigan Technological University. In between, he spent time as a senior engineer in various aerospace firms and even did a short stint in a software development company. The problems he was exposed to were very hard, and not amenable to solution using just one approach. Using tools from many branches of mathematics, from many types of computational languages, and from first-principles analysis of natural phenomena was absolutely essential to make progress. In both mathematical and applied areas, students often need to use advanced mathematics tools they have not learned properly. So, he has recently written a series of five books on mathematical analysis to help researchers with the problem of learning new things after they have earned their degrees and are practicing scientists. Along the way, he has also written papers in immunology, cognitive science, and neural network technology, in addition to having grants from the NSF, NASA, and the US Army. He also likes to paint, build furniture, and write stories.

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CRC Press

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1351679155

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Pioneer Stories from the Buffalo Trace [Vol. I]

By: James R. Columbia

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Pioneer Stories from the Buffalo Trace [Vol. I]

By: James R. Columbia

This volume is part of a two-volume set that contains over 1,000 local and national articles, from historical newspapers and other publications, relating to the pioneer history of the area of northeastern Kentucky known as the "Buffalo Trace," including the counties of Mason, Bracken, Fleming, Robertson and Lewis, and the adjacent Ohio counties of Adams and Brown.

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Lulu.com

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1387496131

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A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing - E-Book

By: Edward Alan Glasper,James Richardson,Duncan Randall

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A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing - E-Book

By: Edward Alan Glasper,James Richardson,Duncan Randall

This innovative textbook provides a concise and accessible guide for undergraduate students specializing in children and young people's nursing in the UK and further afield. Each chapter has been fully updated to reflect current knowledge and practice. The wide range of topics covered includes all the essentials, such as contemporary child health policy and legal issues; knowledge and skills for practice; and caring for children with special needs. Students will learn how to recognize the deteriorating child, use procedural play and distraction, and consider the mental health of children and young people. A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing is written by multidisciplinary experts, rooted in child-centred healthcare within a family context, and draws upon best contemporary practice. It is an invaluable resource that will help nursing students provide effective, evidence-based care. - Key points, summary boxes and clearly defined aims, objectives and learning outcomes to support learning - Conversation boxes to enliven the text - Patient scenarios to relate theory to practice - New chapters on skin health and the use of therapeutic play - Suggestions for seminar discussion topics to help teachers - Resource lists and online resources for further study or research - Online slides to complement chapters within book

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070206503X

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9780702065033

Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton

By: James Alexander Hamilton

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Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton

By: James Alexander Hamilton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

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3375021615

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The Cricket-Field

By: James Pycroft

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The Cricket-Field

By: James Pycroft

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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3368174819

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Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America

By: James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf

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Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America

By: James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf

Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.

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0801859867

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Book's by James C. Nicholson

The Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby

Never Say Die

Never Say Die

Racing for America

Racing for America

The Notorious John Morrissey

The Notorious John Morrissey

The Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby

Basic Analysis V

Basic Analysis V

Pioneer Stories from the Buffalo Trace [Vol. I]

Pioneer Stories from the Buffalo Trace [Vol. I]

A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing - E-Book

A Textbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing - E-Book

Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton

Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton

The Cricket-Field

The Cricket-Field

Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America

Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America

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