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| Author | : Robert Mullins |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2020-01-17 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1476637210 |
Among the great lightweights of the 1940s and 1950s, Boxing Hall of Famer Sidney "Beau Jack" Walker (1921-2000) was virtually orphaned by his parents and eked out a living as a shoeshine boy. He honed his craft fighting battles royale for wealthy white members of the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club, eventually receiving financing for his career from club founders. He went on to win two lightweight titles and set numerous records. He was the draw for the highest admission paid for a ringside seat--$100,000--and was named "Fighter of the Year" in 1944. Like most black pugilists of his day he struggled against discrimination in the sport. Despite this, he sustained an impressive 18-year professional career--117 fights, 83 wins, 40 by KO. Walker retired from the ring penniless and went back to shining shoes, the money set aside for him by his handlers mysteriously depleted.
| Author | : Don Campbell |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2009-07 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 0578016788 |
The Parley Vous is a small town restaurant. Four men meet there each morning over coffee to discuss women, piercings,Elvis,Viagra and hundreds of other topics including why corn is often found in elephant dung.
| Author | : David L. Hudson Jr. |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2009-05-13 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0313343845 |
Fistic combat represents the greatest human drama in all of sport. Roman gladiators thrilled citizens and emperors alike when they entered the octagon to face an intense, life-threatening experience. Boxing, the sport of kings, also has its roots in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Banned in 500 A.D. by the Emperor Theodoric, it resurfaced twelve centuries later in England. John Milton praised it as a noble art for building character in young men, and sports writer A.J. Leibling dubbed it the Sweet Science. Many of its major protagonists - men such as Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali - have become transcendent, near-mythic heroes. But boxing is not the only combat sport, and mixed martial arts, in all their ferocious beauty, represent the fastest growing sports genre in the world. Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) has joined boxing in paying seven figures to some of its champions, and draws millions in its pay-per-view events. This book details leading figures in boxing, sumo wrestling, kickboxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and mixed martial arts (including organizations such as Ultimate Fighting, PRIDE, K-1, Total Combat, and SportFighting). Over 150 entries cover champions, contenders, and other famous combatants from all over the world, as well as legendary promoters, managers, trainers, and events. Also included in this encyclopedia are sidebars on controversies, highlights, brief bios, and other noteworthy events, along with a general timeline. .
| Author | : David Owen |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1999-04-05 |
| Genre | : Masters Golf Tournament |
| ISBN | : 0684867214 |
| Author | : A.C. Katt |
| Publisher | : JMS Books LLC |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2020-07-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1646564472 |
Right after Jack Romano kills in man in the line of duty, he finds out his bemoaned first love's wife has died in childbirth and his ex-lover killed himself, leaving their sickly newborn to Jack. Carlo Del Monte has been chasing Jack for nine months and sees the baby -- Isabella, Bella for short -- as an opportunity to get Jack in his house, as well as his bed, permanently. The two men set up housekeeping with the help of friends and Carlo's big Italian family. Then little Bella ends up in the intensive care since she lacks immunity to childhood diseases. Can Jack and Carlo find their way in this new relationship? As partners, husbands, fathers? Will the two be able to form a strong bond ... and an even stronger family?
| Author | : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 918 |
| Release | : 1920 |
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| Author | : Louis Moore |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2017-09-11 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 025209994X |
The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free. Louis Moore draws on the life stories of African American fighters active from 1880 to 1915 to explore working-class black manhood. As he details, boxers bought into American ideas about masculinity and free enterprise to prove their equality while using their bodies to become self-made men. The African American middle class, meanwhile, grappled with an expression of public black maleness they saw related to disreputable leisure rather than respectable labor. Moore shows how each fighter conformed to middle-class ideas of masculinity based on his own judgment of what culture would accept. Finally, he argues that African American success in the ring shattered the myth of black inferiority despite media and government efforts to defend white privilege.
| Author | : R. J. Smith |
| Publisher | : Avery |
| Total Pages | : 464 |
| Release | : 2012-11-06 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1592407420 |
A tribute to the life and achievements of the "Godfather of Soul" covers his unconventional youth in a segregated South, his complicated family life, and his work as a civil rights advocate and entrepreneur.
| Author | : Laura Lee Huttenbach |
| Publisher | : Citadel Press |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2017-04-25 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0806538449 |
In 1975, Robert “Raven” Kraft made a New Year’s Resolution to run eight miles on Miami’s South Beach each evening. Over 125,000 miles and seven hurricanes later, he has not missed one sunset—and he has changed the lives of thousands who have run with him. From all fifty states and over 85 countries, across all age groups and backgrounds, people come to run with Raven. In the process they find friendship, inspiration—and a nickname. Among them is author Laura Lee “White Lightning” Huttenbach, who has logged over a thousand miles of Raven Runs. Here she explores the stories of dozens of others about why they started running with Raven—and why they keep coming back. Raven is a legend of the running world, and his story is an invaluable reminder that the journey means little without the connections forged along the way. “Raven left an indelible impression upon me, as he has countless others. Raven, long may you run.” —Dean Karnazes, New York Times bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man “An inspiring tale of unbreakable discipline and one-of-a-kind endurance.” —Gerald Posner, New York Times bestselling author of Miami Babylon “Raven’s tale of perseverance, understanding, and courage will inspire anyone.” —Publishers Weekly
| Author | : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 910 |
| Release | : 1918 |
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