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Randy Roberts

Joe Louis

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A humbling, inspiring . . . deeply emotional biography of the boxing legend who held the heavyweight world championship for more than eleven years (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Known as the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title an astonishing twenty-five times. Through the 1930s, he got more column inches of newspaper coverage than President Roosevelt. At a time when the boxing ring was the only venue where black and white could meet on equal terms, Louis embodied Black America's hope for dignity and equality. And in 1938, his politically charged defeat of German boxer Max Schmeling made Louis a national hero on the worl… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-300-16885-3
  • EAN: 9780300168853
  • Produktnummer: 27875583
  • Verlag: Yale University Press (Ignition)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 329 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'695 KB

Über den Autor


Randy Roberts is distinguished professor of history at Purdue University. His previous books include biographies of Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, and John Wayne, all of which were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes; a history of American sports since 1945; and books on Charles Lindbergh, the Mike Tyson trial, and the Vietnam War. He lives in Lafayette, Indiana.

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