The Sweet Science
Boxing and Boxiana - A Ringside View
$22.47
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2018
Summary
Take a ringside seat next to A. J. Liebling at some of the greatest fights in history. Here is Joe Louis’s devastating final match; Sugar Ray Robinson’s dramatic comeback; and Rocky Marciano’s rise to heavyweight glory. The heated ringside atmosphere, the artistry of the great boxers and the blows and parries of the classic fights are all vividly evoked in a volume described by Sports Illustrated as ‘the best American sports book of all time’.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241343203 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241343208 |
| Author: | A.J. Liebling |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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The best American sports book of all time
The best American sports book of all time * Sports Illustrated *Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling * The New York Times *
About The Author
A.J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.
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