War in the Ring: Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, and the Fight Between America and Hitler
America's black boxing champion. Hitler's favorite athlete. And a world at war. Joe Louis was born on an Alabama cotton patch and raised in a Detroit ghetto. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a way out and a way up. Little did they know someday they would face each other in a pair of battles that would capture the imagination of the world.In America, Joe was a symbol of hope to a nation of blacks yearning to participate in the American dream. In Germany, Max was made to symbolize the superiority of the Aryan race. The two men climbed through the ropes with the weight of their countries on their sh…
Mehr
CHF 26.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V105:
Folgt in ca. 15 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Shapiro, Ouisie
- ISBN: 978-1-250-15574-0
- EAN: 9781250155740
- Produktnummer: 28201152
- Verlag: Roaring Brook Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.3 cm 454 g
- Gewicht: 454
- Sonstiges: Ab 10 - 14 J.
Über den Autor
Written by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro
34 weitere Werke von John Florio:
Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 1.90
Bewertungen
Anmelden