Dan Stuarts Fistic Carnival

Miletich L (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

243 Seiten

2006
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-0-89096-615-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Never have so many done so much to stop so few. The year was 1895, and Dallas gambler Dan Stuart had a modest idea: promote a boxing carnival featuring a match for the heavyweight championship of the world between Gentleman Jim Corbett and Fighting Bob Fitzsimmons. What could be simpler? This richly detailed true epic of a fight and the hard-punching (and sometimes loony) political and religious turmoil surrounding it will entertain not only sports fans but all who appreciate a well-told tale that demonstrates once and for all that truth can be stranger than fiction - a lot stranger.

Autor

Leo N. Miletich is the author of a book on Broadway musicals and more than twenty nationally published articles on pop culture. His passion for fantastic true stories and his flair for research--honed by a dozen years of library service--here merge with the perfect, knockout subject. He lives and writes in El Paso.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2006
• Zusatzinfo: illustrations
• Verlagsort: College Station
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 153 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 457 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• ISBN-10: 0-89096-615-X / 089096615X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-89096-615-0 / 9780890966150
• Zustand: Neuware