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A.J. Liebling

A. J. Liebling: The Sweet Science and Other Writings (LOA #191)

The Sweet Science / The Earl of Louisiana / The Jollity Building / Between Meals / The Press

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One of the most gifted American journalists of the twentieth century, A. J. Liebling learned his craft as a newspaper reporter before joining The New Yorker in 1935. This volume collects five books that demonstrate his extraordinary vitality and versatility as a writer.Named the best sports book of all time by Sports Illustrated in 2002, The Sweet Science (1956) offers a lively and idiosyncratic portrait of boxing in the early 1950s that encompasses boastful managers, veteran trainers, wily cornermen, and the fighters themselves: Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Archie Moore, a virtuoso of anachronistic perfection. No one ha… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Hamill, Pete
  • ISBN: 978-1-59853-040-7
  • EAN: 9781598530407
  • Produktnummer: 3957188
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 1050 S.

Über den Autor


Abbott Joseph Leibling (1904-1963) was a journalist and memoirist and a longtime contributor to The New Yorker.Pete Hamill is a journalist and the author of many celebrated works of fiction and memoir, including A Drinking Life, Forever, and Snow in August.

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