The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing Tapa blanda - 2000
de Thomas Hauser
Descripción de la solapa
Originally published in 1986 (McGraw-Hill), The Black Lights was the first book that fully explored the sport and business of professional boxing. Upon joining the training camp of superlightweight Billy Costello, Thomas Hauser was given unprecedented access to the fighter, his manager, and trainer as well as to the real heavyweights of the boxing world, promoter Don King, and World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman. The result, according to Playboy in their review of the original, is a book that "explains why fighters fight, what they go through to win, and how they feel when they lose. It is a great book." In this gracefully written, fast-paced narrative, the author slips quietly into the background and gives us a firsthand look at a business that is often cruel and exploitative and a sport that is at once violent and beautiful. As the San Francisco Chronicle points out, The Black Lights provides ammunition for both sides in the debate over boxing: "Hauser has written what is clearly the most complete and fairminded work on the subject to date." In an age when the controversy surrounding the evils and merits of boxing still rages, this classic account is more timely than ever.
Detalles
- Título The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing
- Autor Thomas Hauser
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición New edition
- Páginas 272
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of Arkansas Press
- Fecha de publicación 2000-02
- ISBN 9781557285973 / 1557285977
- Peso 0.9 libras (0.41 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.05 x 6.04 x 0.82 pulgadas (22.99 x 15.34 x 2.08 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Boxing, Professional sports
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 99086546
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.83
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2001, Page 62
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