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Joe Louis : Black Champion in White America by Chris Mead (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486471829

ISBN-139780486471822

eBay Product ID (ePID)71762697

Product Key Features

Book TitleJoe Louis : Black Champion in White America

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicBoxing, General

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorChris Mead

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight15 oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Preface byMead, Chris

LCCN2009-005207

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal796.83092

Table Of ContentCONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction 1. "Let Your Right Fist Be the Reference" 2. Beginnings 3. "New York Ain't Ready for Him" 4. "Something Sly and Sinister" 5. "The Finger of God" 6. "...And New Heavyweight Champion of the Word" 7. "In a Footnote at Least" 8. Bums of the Month 9. "Some Black Mother's Son" 10. Joe Louis: American 11. Swan Song 12. "We Love Your Name" Epilogue Notes Index

SynopsisThis "stunning" ( Kirkus Reviews ) biography of the popular pugilist recounts his triumphant and often tragic tale against the background of America in the 1930s and '40s. Includes 14 photographs., Known affectionately as "The Brown Bomber," Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship for a record 11 years. Acclaimed as "stunning" by Kirkus Reviews, this is perhaps the best biography of the popular pugilist, recounting his triumphs and tragedies against the background of America in the 1930s and '40s. Includes 14 photographs., "A stunning piece of work that transcends the genre of sports biography." -- Kirkus Reviews "Boxing aficionados will be fascinated . . . a valuable addition to American social history." -- Washington Post Book World "This outstanding book not only chronicles the career of a great boxer, but charts the rise of sports as a legitimate form of American recreation and the public's changing perception of the Afro-American athlete. . . . Thorough and compelling." -- San Francisco Chronicle This critically acclaimed biography chronicles the life and times of Joe Louis, the famed African-American pugilist. Known affectionately as The Brown Bomber, Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship for a record eleven years and blazed a trail in professional sports for Jackie Robinson and other black athletes. A dynamic combination of sports and social history, this narrative traces the champion's rise from abject poverty in the segregated South to his gradual acceptance and eventual adulation by the American public of the 1930s and '40s. Dramatic accounts of his triumphs in the ring include his finest hour: the 1938 defeat of Max Schmeling, Hitler's champion, which made Louis the living symbol of American freedom and human rights. Fourteen photographs illustrate this compelling biography.

LC Classification NumberGV1132.L6M43 2009