The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told: Thirty-Six Incredible Tales from the Ring (Greatest)

The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told: Thirty-Six Incredible Tales from the Ring (Greatest)
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Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781592284795
ISBN: 1592284795
Label: The Lyons Press
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Studio: The Lyons Press
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Editorial Reviews:
A diverse collection, complete with all the drama and excitement of a championship bout.


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Summary: "Varied Boxing Stories"
Comment: Mediocre Read. Highlight is Frank DeFord's SI article on Billy Conn, originally titled the "Boxer and The Blonde". It helped that I had some knowledge of the subject matter. My Father knew Billy Conn's Father-in-Law, and I visited the Funeral Home when Billy was laid out. Also of interest was the script from the "I coulda been a contendah" Cab scene from "On the Waterfront". Of lesser or no interest were excerpts from the "Illiad and the Odyssey" and 1700/1800 fights. I really would not recommend this book to anyone, including hardened fight fans.
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Summary: pulling no punches
Comment: A beautifully edited anthology that will appeal not only to devotees of the sweet science, but to any fan of great writing. Silverman includes work by some of America's greatest essayists (Liebling, Plimpton, Mailer, Baldwin) and most popular fiction authors (O. Henry, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Damon Runyon, Richard Ford). The excerpt from Pierce Egan's 1829 classic BOXIANA (a favorite of A.J. Liebling's) is a special treat. The only thing missing is David Remnick on Muhammad Ali; but you can't expect everything from a 368-page collection. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Awesome...
Comment: the only thing that I can rite negatively about this boox is that there isn't any story about me. Did you know that I'm a former amateur boxing champion of Alvin, Texas.
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Summary: A knockout
Comment: There is so much good writing on boxing that it's hard to know where to start picking the best, but Jeff Silverman did an amazing job of putting together a collection that honors the old warhorses and still comes up with new surprises. Some of the great writers of the 20th century are represented with their short stories -- Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Dashiell Hammett, Irwin Shaw and Jack London. It was fun to find that writers like O. Henry and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about boxing, too. In the non-fiction corner, selections by Frank Deford, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, James Baldwin and Robert Lipsyte were all first rate, and some of the really old writing from the 18th and 19th century was lively and entertaining. With its sweep of boxing history and literature, it's a must for every boxing fan's bookshelf.
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