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The Hurt Business
George Kimball
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Description for The Hurt Business
Paperback. From Jack London to Joyce Carol Oates, The Hurt Business is the ultimate boxing book covering a century of the greatest fighter and the writers who have followed 'the sweet science'. Editor(s): Kimball, George; Schulian, John. Series: Sports Classics. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; WSBX; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 442.
From Jack London to Joyce Carol Oates, The Hurt Business is the ultimate boxing book covering a century of the greatest fighter and the writers who have followed 'the sweet science'. Beginning with Jack London's account of the 1910 championship bout between Jack Johnson and James Jeffries (for which the Call of the Wildman called for and coined the term "The Great White Hope"), and ending with Carlo Rotella's 2002 homage to Larry Holmes ("Champion at Twilight"), The Hurt Business is a near century's worth of rip-roaring reveal. Some of it comes ringside, like Norman Mailer et; some of it ... Read more
From Jack London to Joyce Carol Oates, The Hurt Business is the ultimate boxing book covering a century of the greatest fighter and the writers who have followed 'the sweet science'. Beginning with Jack London's account of the 1910 championship bout between Jack Johnson and James Jeffries (for which the Call of the Wildman called for and coined the term "The Great White Hope"), and ending with Carlo Rotella's 2002 homage to Larry Holmes ("Champion at Twilight"), The Hurt Business is a near century's worth of rip-roaring reveal. Some of it comes ringside, like Norman Mailer et; some of it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
518
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Sports Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
518
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781311790
SKU
V9781781311790
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About George Kimball
GEORGE KIMBALL is the acclaimed author of Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing JOHN SCHULIAN is the author of Writers' Fighters and Other Sweet Scientists. Both are recipients of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism
Reviews for The Hurt Business
'For a nimble sample of prizefighting prose, Don King couldn't have put together a better card.' Time Magazine