| Bamboozled: The Joey Torrey Story Contributor(s): Torrey, Joey (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934620319 ISBN-13: 9781934620311 Publisher: Microcosm Publishing OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Comics & Graphic Novels - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Dewey: 796.830 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.17 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once a strong Los Angeles boxer headed to the Olympics, now in maximum security prison, Torrey was pressured to collaborate with the FBI to "clean up boxing" and paid back with empty promises and a forseeable future in prison. Joey discovered zines in prison and decided that this was the medium in which he wanted to publish his memoir a and boy does he have stories to tell He grew up on the streets of Compton where he learned to box. Now he lives in a cell between Sirhan Sirhan and Charles Manson (whom he answers mail for). Told in his own words to the few people that he trusted, his story is finally broadcast. |