Overview
"In the late 1890s, when boxing rivaled the popularity of baseball, George Dixon and Terry McGovern were among its most famous practitioners. Their paths crossed in 1900 in what is widely considered the most significant featherweight bout in history. Both men were fighters who died young under distressing circumstances. Both were products of a burgeoning industrial society and a cult of masculinity, at a time when prizefighting's adherents and opponents were in a constant tug-of-war. Betting on the championship fight was heavy. This book tells the full story, with a cast of characters including infamous manager/promoter Tom O'Rourke, World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott, and Tammany Hall bigwig Timothy ""Big Tim"" Sullivan, whose invisible hand made New York the epicenter of boxing in the 1890s."
Full Product Details
Author: Arne K. Lang
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9781476688732
ISBN 10: 1476688737
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 30 September 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""There is no fluff in this book. Its 155 pages of text are engagingly written and packed with absorbing information. It is well researched, smartly laid out, and thoroughly documented with an index, a bibliography, chapter endnotes, and appendices...The author's background as an accredited sociologist and experienced boxing historian makes him uniquely situated to explore the cultural aspects of boxing and offer fresh insights into the sport's development. The book is a valuable addition to our knowledge of a neglected area of study and should be of considerable interest to those interested in boxing history.""--International Boxing Research Association"
“There is no fluff in this book. Its 155 pages of text are engagingly written and packed with absorbing information. It is well researched, smartly laid out, and thoroughly documented with an index, a bibliography, chapter endnotes, and appendices…The author’s background as an accredited sociologist and experienced boxing historian makes him uniquely situated to explore the cultural aspects of boxing and offer fresh insights into the sport’s development. The book is a valuable addition to our knowledge of a neglected area of study and should be of considerable interest to those interested in boxing history.”—International Boxing Research Association
Author Information
The editor-in-chief of The Sweet Science on-line boxing magazine, Arne K. Lang taught sociology at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the University of Nebraska and Tuskegee. A leading authority on the history of boxing and the history of American sports gambling, he lives and writes in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is his fifth book.
