Jess Willard

Author : Arly Allen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476664447
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jess Willard written by Arly Allen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess Willard, the "Pottawatomie Giant," won the heavyweight title in 1915 with his defeat of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion. At 6 feet, 6 inches and 240 pounds, Willard was considered unbeatable in his day. He nonetheless lost to Jack Dempsey in 1919 in one of the most brutally one-sided contests in fistic history. Willard later made an initially successful comeback but was defeated by Luis Firpo in 1923 and retired from the ring. He died in 1968, largely forgotten by the boxing public. Featuring photographs from the Willard family archives, this first full-length biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's boxing greats.

Author : Arly Allen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476626375
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jess Willard written by Arly Allen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess Willard, the "Pottawatomie Giant," won the heavyweight title in 1915 with his defeat of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion. At 6 feet, 6 inches and 240 pounds, Willard was considered unbeatable in his day. He nonetheless lost to Jack Dempsey in 1919 in one of the most brutally one-sided contests in fistic history. Willard later made an initially successful comeback but was defeated by Luis Firpo in 1923 and retired from the ring. He died in 1968, largely forgotten by the boxing public. Featuring photographs from the Willard family archives, this first full-length biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's boxing greats.

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Total Pages : 1246 pages
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Author : Adam J Pollack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949783018
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I written by Adam J Pollack and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion, by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. This book (the first of two) chronicles Dempsey's life and career from its start up to his winning the world heavyweight championship, fight by fight, as told by those who saw the contests and reported on them at the time, utilizing multiple local next-day newspaper reports. This includes training, predictions, pre-fight hype, and discussions about the opponents. As with other books in the In the Ring series, this book also discusses the context of the times, the color line and race in boxing and society (offering the perspectives of both white and black-owned newspapers), World War I, Dempsey's personal and managerial choices, and how these topics affected the sport and Dempsey's life and career. Even new facts about the controversial Jim Flynn fight are revealed. Boxing fans will obtain knowledge and insight into Jack Dempsey like never before. 560 pages, with over 550 rare photos, illustrations, cartoons, and fight advertisements. Adam J. Pollack's In the Ring With series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era also includes books on John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Marvin Hart, Tommy Burns, and Jack Johnson. Adam J. Pollack is a boxing referee, judge, and member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He also is an attorney practicing law in Iowa City, Iowa.

Author : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.

Author : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.

Author : Roger Kahn
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544173910
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Flame of Pure Fire written by Roger Kahn and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash. Hobo, roughneck, fighter, lover, millionaire, movie star, and, finally, a gentleman of rare generosity and sincerity, Dempsey embodied an America grappling with the confusing demands of preeminence. Dempsey lived a life that touched every part of the American experience in the first half of the twentieth century. Roger Kahn, one of our preeminent writers about the human side of sport, has found in Dempsey a subject that matches his own manifold talents. A friend of Dempsey's and an insightful observer of the ways in which sport can measure a society's evolution, Kahn reaches a new and exciting stage in his acclaimed career with this book. In the story of a man John Lardner called "a flame of pure fire, at last a hero," Roger Kahn finds the heart of America.

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781599670843
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heritage Sports Auction Signature Catalog #705 written by Ivy Press and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Author : American Hampshire Swine Record Association
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Total Pages : 1362 pages
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Download or read book Swine Record written by American Hampshire Swine Record Association and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: