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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher 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. A. J. Liebling, born October 18, 1904, joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine before his death in 1963. His greatest work is collected in Just Enough Liebling. 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. The Sweet Science depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's tragic decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he always evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ringa combination that prompted Sports Illustrated to name The Sweet Science the best American sports book of all time. As the noted boxing writer Robert Anasi remarks in his foreword to this book, "Liebling doesn't make the ring over into the setting for a morality play or an alternate site for Armageddon. His own boxing experience allowed him to represent the sport as sport, and to see boxing the way the pros do: as a job, more difficult than most, but also more rewarding." "In The Sweet Sciencein all his booksLiebling himself, the voice and the character, is immensely appealing."David Remnick, The New Yorker "In The Sweet Sciencein all his booksLiebling himself, the voice and the character, is immensely appealing."David Remnick, The New Yorker "Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling."Red Smith, The New York Times Synopsis: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. About the AuthorA. J. Liebling joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1935 and wrote for the magazine until his death in 1963. Robert Anasi is the author of The Gloves. Table of ContentsForeword 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 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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