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Brooklyn's Sportsmen's Row : Politics, Society and the Sporting Life on Northern Eighth Avenue
ISBN: 9781609492731 | 1609492730
Format: PaperbackPublisher: History Pr
Pub. Date: 11/6/2012
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In an era when horse racing reigned supreme and Brooklyn was at its very center, a remarkable collection of turf legends came to reside along one small stretch of northern Eighth Avenue in the exclusive neighborhood of Park Slope. Here along Sportsmen’s Row, the lives of the sportsmen and those of their neighbors—men of prominence and distinction in theater, law, industry and politics—came together in surprising and unexpected ways. Though the public saw a block dominated by the celebrities of the age, behind closed doors of Sportsmen’s Row a more subtle narrative played out: of infidelity, gambling, excess, and—fame aside— a world strictly ordered and preordained by social class.
| Acknowledgements | p. 7 |
| Introduction | p. 9 |
| Origins, 1884-1891 | p. 13 |
| The Sportsmen, 1892-1900 | p. 37 |
| The Brooklyn Jockey Club: A Neighborhood Affair | p. 53 |
| Spite Row and the New Century, 1901-1914 | p. 81 |
| The Mayor | p. 99 |
| The Montauk Club: The Big Neighbor to the East | p. 119 |
| The Late, Great Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club | p. 133 | ... MORE
| Garrison Finish | p. 151 |
| Notes | p. 163 |
| Bibliography | p. 175 |
| Index | p. 181 |
| About the Author | p. 187 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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