Buy this book on-line BARROW JR., JOE LOUIS & MUNDER, BARBARA: : JOE LOUIS - The Brown BomberLONDON.ARTHUR BARKER,1988. ISBN 0213169673.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[First published in USA,1988 as 'Joe Louis: 50 Years an American Hero'.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. Photographic dw/dj with some light creasing to dw/dj edges - shelf-wear - and
a small closed tear to front bottom right
corner.Fore-edges aged as usual/normal
but contents clean and sound.Brown paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/
backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xviipp+270pp includes foreword by Henry Cooper,a foreword to US edn,Louis's complete professional boxing record; list of contribs,bibliography and 16pp b/w photographs.
On a June night in Yankee Stadium in 1938,one of the most electrifying fights of this century took place: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling.Countless fight fans around the world were riveted to their radios at the opening bell.Two years before, Schmeling had destroyed the myth of Joe Louis's invincibility with a knockout in twelve rounds.Now Louis's destruction of Schmeling in the first round would establish him forever in the annals of boxing history.
Here is a book that describes both the background and the exciting action of the Brown Bomber's most famous bouts.It also reveals the surprising private side of this most public of sporting legends - in an inside account that only his son could have written.Joe Louis Barrow,Jr.,weaves a compelling account of his father's life and times,the narrative enriched by first- hand recollections from the people who knew him best: siblings and former wives, boyhood friends,trainers,opponents (including Max Schmeling and Billy Conn), sportswriters, entertainers,politicians, and many others who remember Joe Louis and tell how their lives were changed by his presence.It's a book that takes the champ through all the highs and lows of his professional and personal life and reveals the dignity and quiet sense of humour that marked him as a rare human being in an often brutal sport.
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