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Pitch Publishing, 2020. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes photo plates. 320 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The Roaring Twenties was an era of high living and extravagance, of hot jazz and new fashions, when America lived as if there were no tomorrow. It was a time when the heavyweight boxing champion of the world reigned supreme in sport and Jack Dempsey was the idol of the age. This definitive biography takes us through the thrilling career of the "Manassa Mauler." Dempsey's fights are part of boxing folklore: the massacre of giant Jess Willard, the first million-dollar gate against French hero Georges Carpentier, the sensational war with Luis Firpo, the bout with Tom Gibbons that bankrupted a town and the controversial "Battle of the Long Count" with Gene Tunney. Dempsey packed more drama into his career than almost any other boxer in history. A one-time hobo and saloon fighter, he came up…
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- Title Jack Dempsey and the Roaring Twenties: The Life and Times of a Boxing Icon
- Author Thomas Myler
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pitch Publishing
- ISBN 9781785316371 / 1785316370
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.25 x 1.2 in (24.13 x 15.88 x 3.05 cm)
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