RINGS: On the Life and Family of a Southern Fighter
by Bates, Randolph
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (as new except for small soiled spots to outside edge.)/fine
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1992.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (as new except for small soiled spots to outside edge.). First printing. The story of Collis Phillips, who became a successful boxer in New Orleans during the height of Jim Crow, and of his family, of the triumphs and the tragedies. Before writing this moving book, Bates spent 10 years with the Phillips family from Collis down thru his great-great grandson, as a friend and biographer. 421 pp plus a section of glossy photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5576
- Title
- RINGS: On the Life and Family of a Southern Fighter
- Author
- Bates, Randolph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1992.
- Keywords
- new orleans, boxing, sports, jim crow, biography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American History and nonfiction;
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