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Autore: Roberts Randy <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Joe Louis [[electronic resource] ] : hard times man / / Randy Roberts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
Disciplina: 796.83092
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Soggetto topico: African American boxers
Boxers (Sports) - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: Joe 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Joe Louis  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-46369-X
0-300-16885-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463123203321
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