The Onion Picker

by Youmans, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780815681755
• ISBN10: 0815681755
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-30
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

Carmen Basilio: "Nobody could ever change my mind about being a boxer. My mother had a fit. 'Get rid of that dirty rotten game' she'd say all the time. I'd say, 'Ma, that's what I want to be... that's what I want to do and I am going to be a world champion. I am going to pay off your mortgages and you aren't going to owe anybody anything.' If I didn't do anything the rest of my whole career I did that for my mother and father. I took them out of debt. When I made enough money boxing I walked into the house, and I laid down the mortgage and the deeds. My dad had tears in his eyes." Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
The Onion Picker	p. 3
The Early Years	p. 19
The Formation of a Monster	p. 31
Getting Down to Business	p. 37
A Sugar Meltdown and the "Keed" Comes to Town	p. 47
The Gray	p. 67
Locker Room Stories	p. 73
1954	p. 79
"Mr. Blood and Guts" Meets "Mr. Blood and Guts"	p. 89
Chicago Justice	p. 115
Taking Care of Business	p. 127
Training Camps and Boxing Gyms	p. 139
1957	p. 149
1958	p. 183
Between Rounds	p. 191
Epilogue	p. 199
The Essence of Carmen Basilio	p. 205
Roll Call	p. 207
Career Statistics, 56-16-7	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 213
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