Peter Benson

Battling Siki

A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s

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Produktbeschreibung

Benson's biography, the first on this controversial and misunderstood boxer, tells the fascinating story of the first African to win a world championship in boxing. "Has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy set in the Roaring Twenties."--Thomas Hauser, author of "Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arkansas Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 166mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9781557288165
• ISBN-10: 155728816X
• Artikelnr.: 21440595

Autorenporträt

Peter Benson is associate professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the author of Black Orpheus, Transition, and Modern Cultural Awakening in Africa. He has been a Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dakar, University of Nairobi, and Kenyatta University.