| In This Corner . . . !: Forty-Two World Champions Tell Their Stories Revised Edition Contributor(s): Heller, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306806037 ISBN-13: 9780306806032 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1994 Annotation: Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghetto; Gunboat Smith on the Jack Johnson era; Jack Dempsey on the Willard fight and the Tunney "long count"; Rocky Graziano on showbiz; and dozens of others-including Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, Josi Torres, Carmen Basilio, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, and Archie Moore-on boxers, racketeers, drugs, payoffs, managers. Including two never-before-published interviews with Roberto Duran and Alexis Arg]ello, this newly expanded and updated edition of In This Corner. . . ! is undoubtedly the best one-volume history of boxing ever written. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94018359 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.57" W x 8.54" (1.25 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghetto; Gunboat Smith on the Jack Johnson era; Jack Dempsey on the Willard fight and the Tunney "long count"; Rocky Graziano on showbiz; and dozens of others--including Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, José Torres, Carmen Basilio, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, and Archie Moore--on boxers, racketeers, drugs, payoffs, managers. Including two never-before-published interviews with Roberto Durán and Alexis Argüello, this newly expanded and updated edition of In This Corner. . . ! is undoubtedly the best one-volume history of boxing ever written. |
