Hitters, Dancers and Ring Magicians: Seven Boxers of the Golden Age and Their Challengers

Передняя обложка
McFarland, 10 янв. 2014 г. - Всего страниц: 226

This volume offers detailed information about the boxers who were active during boxing's "Golden Age," 1890 to 1910, focusing primarily on George "Kid" Lavigne, Bob Fitzsimmons, Barbados Joe Walcott, Joe Gans, Terry McGovern, Sam Langford, and Stanley Ketchel, and their opponents, who were also key figures.

 

Содержание

Foreword by Dan Cuoco
1
Introduction
3
I The New Game
9
II The Saginaw Kid
22
III The Fighting Blacksmith
43
IV A Demon from the Barbados
82
V The Old Master
96
VI The Brooklyn Terror
115
VII The Boston Tar Baby
134
VIII The Michigan Assassin
155
Afterword
178
Chapter Notes
189
Bibliography
201
Index
211
Авторские права

Другие издания - Просмотреть все

Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения

Об авторе (2014)

Writer and educator Kelly Richard Nicholson has worked in China, Russia, and the Slovak Republic, as well as Utah, New Jersey, and his native Pacific Northwest. He has been a visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Wales at Lampeter, and has written four books on philosophy and one other on boxing.

Библиографические данные