Kelly Richard Nicholson

Hitters, Dancers and Ring Magicians

Seven Boxers of the Golden Age and Their Challengers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786449903
• ISBN-10: 078644990X
• Artikelnr.: 29373356

Autorenporträt

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.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Dan Cuoco     
Introduction     
1. The New Game     
2. The Saginaw Kid: George "Kid" Lavigne     
3. The Fighting Blacksmith: Bob Fitzsimmons     
4. A Demon from the Barbados: Joe Walcott     
5. The Old Master: Joe Gans     
6. The Brooklyn Terror: Terry McGovern     
7. The Boston Tar Baby: Sam Langford     
8. The Michigan Assassin: Stanley Ketchel     
Afterword     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index