My Life in the Ring and Out Johnson JackPaperback / softback
My Life in the Ring and Out Johnson JackPaperback / softback The first African American to win the world heavyweight championship, Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was the preeminent American sports…
Specifikacia My Life in the Ring and Out Johnson JackPaperback / softback
My Life in the Ring and Out Johnson JackPaperback / softback
The first African American to win the world heavyweight championship, Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was the preeminent American sports personality of his era. His 1910 victory over the formerly undefeated champion James J. Holder of the title from 1908 to 1915, Johnson continued to box professionally until he was in his 60s.
Johnson was a cultural lightning rod whose professional success and lavish lifestyle attracted both admiration and envy. Jeffries in The Fight of the Century triggered race riots across the country, and racial bias fueled the clamor for his defeat by a Great White Hope. In this witty and sophisticated memoir, he recounts without bitterness the prejudice, controversies, and scandals that dogged his public and private lives.Johnson was well known for his exploits beyond the boxing world, and he offers vivid accounts of his international adventures as a bullfighter,