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The Sweet Science

by A J Liebling

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Publisher Comments:

A.J. Liebling's classic "New Yorker" pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that prompted "Sports Illustrated "to name "The Sweet Science" the best American sports book of all time.
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Robert Anasi

Introduction

The Bog Fellows

Boxing with the Naked Eye

Broken Fighter Arrives

The Melting Middleweight

Sugar Ray and the Milling Cove

Kearns by a Knockout

The Big Fellows Again

New Champ

Long Toddle, Short Fight

Charles I

Charles II

Other Formats

The Boy from South Main Street

Nino and a Nanimal

Soirée Intime

The Neutral Corner Art Group

Debut of a Seasoned Artist

Wunderkind

Great-and-a-Half Champion

Next-to-Last Stand, Maybe

Donnybrook Farr

Ahab and Nemesis

Ahab and Nemesis


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374272272
Foreword:
Anasi, Robert
Introduction:
Anasi, Robert
Introduction:
Anasi, Robert
Foreword:
Anasi, Robert
Author:
Liebling, A. J.
Publisher:
North Point Press
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Boxing
Copyright:
2004
Edition Description:
North Point Pre
Publication Date:
September 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.22x5.62x.84 in. .60 lbs.
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