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Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion
de W. K. Stratton
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 178057620X
- ISBN 13
- 9781780576206
- Librería
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2014. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". xiv + 269pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Edges browned. Small tear to outer margin of one page. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Sports & Pastimes; United States; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN/EAN: 9781780576206. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49970. . 9781780576206
Sinopsis
"A well-researched and overdue tribute. Like one of Patterson's reliable left hooks, Stratton sharply recounts the life of an important, but often forgotten, two-time world heavyweight champion." — Gary Andrew Poole, author of PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao In 1956, Floyd Patterson became, at age twenty-one, the youngest boxer to claim the title of world heavyweight champion. Later, he was the first ever to lose and regain that honor. Here, the acclaimed author W. K. Stratton chronicles the life of "the Gentle Gladiator" — an athlete overshadowed by Ali's theatrics and Liston's fearsome reputation, and a civil rights activist overlooked in the Who's Who of race politics. From the Gramercy Gym and wildcard manager Cus D’Amato to the final rematch against Ali in 1972, Patterson's career spanned boxing's golden age. He won an Olympic gold medal, had bouts with Moore and Johansson, and was interviewed by James Baldwin, Gay Talese, and Budd Schulberg. A complex, misunderstood figure — he once kissed an opponent at the end of a match — he was known for his peekaboo stance and soft-spoken nature. Floyd Patterson was boxing’s invisible champion, but in this deeply researched and beautifully written biography he comes vividly to life and is finally given his due — as one of the most artful boxers of his time and as one of our great sportsmen, a man who shaped the world in and out of the ring.
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- Librería
- Dreadnought Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 49970
- Título
- Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion
- Autor
- W. K. Stratton
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Later Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 178057620X
- ISBN 13
- 9781780576206
- Editorial
- Mainstream Publishing
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 2014
- Palabras clave
- BZDB243 Sports & Pastimes; United States; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded EAN: 9781780576206 W. K. Stratton Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography & Autobiography; Sports & Pastimes;
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