The hurt business : American writers on boxing / edited by George Kimball and John Schulian.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Aurum, 2013.
Description
xxvi, 517 pages ; 20 cm

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    "From James Baldwin to Joyce Carol Oates, The hurt business ... spans a century of the greatest fighters and the writers who have followed 'the sweet science'. Beginning with Jack London's account of the 1910 championship bout between Jack Johnson and James Jeffries and ending with Carlo Rotella's homage to Larry Holmes, [this] is a century's worth of rip-roaring reveal. From neighbourhood gyms and smoke-filled arenas to star-studded casinos and exotic locales, these stories chronicle the great champions, punch-drunk has-beens, the colourful entourages and outrageous promoters, and, inevitably, tell a story of race, class and violence. Some of it comes ringside, like Mark Kram on The Thrilla in Manila; some of it comes from the gym, like Pete Hamill's Up the stairs with Gus D'Amato; some of it comes from so far behind the scenes you feel as if you've been eavesdropping on the fighters themselves"--Publisher's description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-505) and index.
    ISBN
    • 9781781311790 ((pbk.))
    • 178131179X ((pbk.))
    OCLC
    868268030
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