LEADER 03580nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910786141403321 005 20230725035219.0 010 $a1-299-46369-X 010 $a0-300-16885-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300168853 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335048 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24487547 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860410 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11429704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860410 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10913827 035 $a(PQKB)11092913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421174 035 $a(DE-B1597)485905 035 $a(OCoLC)1024049511 035 $a(OCoLC)1029820476 035 $a(OCoLC)1032687056 035 $a(OCoLC)1037971509 035 $a(OCoLC)1042028586 035 $a(OCoLC)1046616665 035 $a(OCoLC)1047000179 035 $a(OCoLC)1049623416 035 $a(OCoLC)1054877348 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300168853 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687926 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL477619 035 $a(OCoLC)923602897 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335048 100 $a20100409d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJoe Louis$b[electronic resource] $ehard times man /$fRandy Roberts 210 $aNew Haven, [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12222-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$t1. A Land Without Dreams --$t2. Emperors of Masculinity --$t3. Tethered by Civilization --$t4. He Belongs to Us --$t5. King Louis I --$t6. Red, White, Blue, and Black --$t7. The Last Perfect Night --$t8. Uncle Sam Says --$t9. An Old Man's Dream --$tNOTES --$tA NOTE ON SOURCES --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINDEX 330 $aJoe 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. 606 $aAfrican American boxers$vBiography 606 $aBoxers (Sports)$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican American boxers 615 0$aBoxers (Sports) 676 $a796.83092 676 $aB 700 $aRoberts$b Randy$f1951-$01132488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786141403321 996 $aJoe Louis$93715347 997 $aUNINA