Yankee Doodle Dandy

As the King of Jockeys in the sport of kings, Tod Sloan lived in high style, until he was banned from British racing and forced to eke out a living on the margins of the sport for 30 years. The author's portrait of Sloan (1874-1933) shows a small-town, hard-luck, midwestern boy who became an overnight sensation and an international celebrity.