03580nam 2200709Ia 450 991078614140332120230725035219.01-299-46369-X0-300-16885-310.12987/9780300168853(CKB)2670000000335048(StDuBDS)AH24487547(SSID)ssj0000860410(PQKBManifestationID)11429704(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860410(PQKBWorkID)10913827(PQKB)11092913(MiAaPQ)EBC3421174(DE-B1597)485905(OCoLC)1024049511(OCoLC)1029820476(OCoLC)1032687056(OCoLC)1037971509(OCoLC)1042028586(OCoLC)1046616665(OCoLC)1047000179(OCoLC)1049623416(OCoLC)1054877348(DE-B1597)9780300168853(Au-PeEL)EBL3421174(CaPaEBR)ebr10687926(CaONFJC)MIL477619(OCoLC)923602897(EXLCZ)99267000000033504820100409d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrJoe Louis[electronic resource] hard times man /Randy RobertsNew Haven, [Conn.] Yale University Pressc20101 online resource (320 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-12222-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --PREFACE --1. A Land Without Dreams --2. Emperors of Masculinity --3. Tethered by Civilization --4. He Belongs to Us --5. King Louis I --6. Red, White, Blue, and Black --7. The Last Perfect Night --8. Uncle Sam Says --9. An Old Man's Dream --NOTES --A NOTE ON SOURCES --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --INDEXJoe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title an astonishing twenty-five times and reigned as world champion for more than eleven years. He got more column inches of newspaper coverage in the 1930's than FDR did. His racially and politically charged defeat of Max Schmeling in 1938 made Louis a national hero. But as important as his record is what he meant to African-Americans: at a time when the boxing ring was the only venue where black and white could meet on equal terms, Louis embodied all their hopes for dignity and equality. Through meticulous research and first-hand interviews, acclaimed historian and biographer Randy Roberts presents Louis, and his impact on sport and country, in a way never before accomplished. Roberts reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and whose relationships with both the black and white communities-including his relationships with mobsters-were far more complex than the simplistic accounts of heroism and victimization that have dominated previous biographies. Richly researched and utterly captivating, this extraordinary biography presents the full range of Joe Louis's power in and out of the boxing ring.African American boxersBiographyBoxers (Sports)United StatesBiographyAfrican American boxersBoxers (Sports)796.83092BRoberts Randy1951-1132488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786141403321Joe Louis3715347UNINA