Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride by Frank X. Walker

Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride

Frank X. Walker

88 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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The captivating story of a record-setting nineteenth-century black jockey told in poetry.In this creative foray into persona poems, Walker immerses himself in the life of African American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy (1861–1896). The son of a slave, ...

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