From Poverty Bay To Broadway
the Story of Tom Heeney
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2008
Hodder Moa (Verlag)
978-1-86971-125-2 (ISBN)
Hodder Moa (Verlag)
978-1-86971-125-2 (ISBN)
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Follows the life of one of New Zealand's most colourful sports personalities from a labourer's cottage in Gisborne to the nightclubs of Broadway to fishing in Florida with Ernest Hemingway.
On 26 July 1928 Tom Heeney entered the ring at New York's Yankee Stadium, in front of 46 000 spectators, wearing a Maori cloak. Guaranteed $100 000, he was about to fight world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. In his hometown of Gisborne crowds cheered him on in what was described as 'the most ambitious radio station hook-up in history.' This was the golden, mafia-controlled, era of American boxing.This beautifully written and extensively researched book follows the life of one of New Zealand's most colourful sports personalities from a labourer's cottage in Gisborne to the nightclubs of Broadway, to fishing in Florida with Ernest Hemingway. It reveals both the infamous (he killed a man with one punch, left another for dead on the canvas and ran with gunmen, gangsters and racketeers) and the famous (he was New Zealand's first global sporting hero who became a member of the 'smart set' as the Jazz Age roared through Manhattan) Tom Heeney.
On 26 July 1928 Tom Heeney entered the ring at New York's Yankee Stadium, in front of 46 000 spectators, wearing a Maori cloak. Guaranteed $100 000, he was about to fight world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. In his hometown of Gisborne crowds cheered him on in what was described as 'the most ambitious radio station hook-up in history.' This was the golden, mafia-controlled, era of American boxing.This beautifully written and extensively researched book follows the life of one of New Zealand's most colourful sports personalities from a labourer's cottage in Gisborne to the nightclubs of Broadway, to fishing in Florida with Ernest Hemingway. It reveals both the infamous (he killed a man with one punch, left another for dead on the canvas and ran with gunmen, gangsters and racketeers) and the famous (he was New Zealand's first global sporting hero who became a member of the 'smart set' as the Jazz Age roared through Manhattan) Tom Heeney.
Born in New Zealand, Lydia Monin is a former Fellow of Green College, University of Oxford. She holds a Bachelors degree in Political Studies from the University of Otago, a postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from the University of Canterbury and a Masters degree in International Peace Studies from Trinity College Dublin. She began her career in Auckland as a television documentary producer before becoming a network reporter for Radio New Zealand and then a reporter and producer for Television New Zealand's regional news and current affairs. She has written two books. Previous titles: From the Writer's Notebook: Around New Zealand with 80 Authors (Raupo Publishing, 2006); The Devil's Gardens (Pimlico, 2002)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Approx 24 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Auckland |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 232 x 155 mm |
| Gewicht | 530 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86971-125-4 / 1869711254 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86971-125-2 / 9781869711252 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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