Hitters, Dancers and Ring Magicians

by Nicholson, Kelly Richard

• ISBN13: 9780786449903
• ISBN10: 078644990X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-04
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

This volume offers detailed information about the boxers who were active during boxing's "Golden Age,"1890 to 1910, focusing primarily on George "Kid"Lavigne, Bob Fitzsimmons, Barbados Joe Walcott, Joe Gans, Terry McGovern, Sam Langford, and Stanley Ketchel, and their opponents, who were also key figures.

Author Biography

Writer and educator Kelly Richard Nicholson has worked in China, Russia, and the Slovak Republic, as well as his native Pacific Northwest. He has been a visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Wales at Lampeter, and has written four books on philosophy and one other on boxing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The New Game	p. 9
The Saginaw Kid: George "Kid" Lavigne	p. 22
The Fighting Blacksmith	p. 43
A Demon from the Barbados	p. 82
The Old Master	p. 96
The Brooklyn Terror	p. 115
The Boston Tar Baby	p. 134
The Michigan Assassin	p. 155
Afterword	p. 178
Chapter Notes	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 201
Index	p. 211
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