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The Killings of Stanley Ketchel

by James Carlos Blake

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Hailed as "one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life" (Entertainment Weekly), James Carlos Blake turns to the blazing story of Stanley Ketchel, the legendary ragtime-era middleweight boxing champion and daring rakehell, whose brief and meteoric life burned with violence and tragedy in and out of the ring. The Killings of Stanley Ketchel is a sweeping and powerful literary adventure by one of our most daring novelists.
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James Carlos Blake is the author of nine novels. Among his literary honors are the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Southwest Book Award, Quarterly West Novella Prize, and Chautauqua South Book Award. He lives in Arizona.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060554378
Author:
Blake, James Carlos
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by James Carlos Blake
Subject:
General
Subject:
Sports
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
2006
Publication Date:
August 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
311
Dimensions:
7.94x6.10x.77 in. .54 lbs.
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