0786449918 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
شابک
9780786449910 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
dltt
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
The first Black boxing champions :
نام عام مواد
[Book]
ساير اطلاعات عنواني
essays on fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s /
نام نخستين پديدآور
edited by Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott ; foreword by Al Bernstein
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
vii, 294 pages :
ساير جزييات
illustrations ;
ابعاد
27 cm
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across much of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein. - Publisher