12 Rounds in Lo's Gym
Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia
Questions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture. From Todd Snyder, a first generation college student turned college professor, comes a passionate commentary on these themes in a family memoir set in West Virginia coal country.12 Rounds in Lo's Gym is the story of the author's father, Mike Lo Snyder, a fifth generation West Virginia coal miner who opened a series of makeshift boxing gyms with the goal of providing local at-risk youth with the opportunities that eluded his adole…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-946684-12-7
- EAN: 9781946684127
- Produktnummer: 24340899
- Verlag: Center for Democracy/Citizenship Educ
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 242 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 310 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 310
Über den Autor
Todd Snyder is an assistant professor of rhetoric, writing, and oral communication at Siena College in Loudonville, New York. He lives in Albany, New York.
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