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Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
by Schaap, Jeremy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618551174
- ISBN 13
- 9780618551170
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 324 pages with photographs. The author has written about Braddock and Baer with affection and charm. A thrilling boxing story and meticulous look at Depression life. Basis for the 2005 film starring Russell Crowe as Braddock. A few small scratches to the back of the dustjacket otherwise a near fine dj over a fine book. Unread. From my smoke-free collection..
Synopsis
Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help feed his wife and children. The diminutive, loquacious Jew and the burly, quiet Irishman made one of boxing's oddest couples, but together they staged the greatest comeback in fighting history. In twelve months Braddock went from the relief rolls to face heavyweight champion Max Baer, the Livermore Butcher Boy, renowned for having allegedly killed two men in the ring. A charismatic, natural talent and in every way Braddock's foil, Baer was a towering opponent, a Jew from the West Coast who was famously brash and made great copy both in and out of the ring. A ten-to-one underdog, Braddock carried the hopes and dreams of the working class on his shoulders. And when boxing was the biggest sport in the world, when the heavyweight champion was the biggest star in the world, his unlikely upset made Braddock the most popular champion boxing had ever seen. Against the gritty backdrop of the Depression, Cinderella Man brings this dramatic all-American story to life, evoking a time when the sport of boxing resonated with a country trying desperately to get back on its feet. Schaap paints a vivid picture of the fight world in its golden age, populated by men of every class and ethnic background and covered voluminously by writers who elevated sports writing to art. Rich in anecdote and color, steeped in history, and full of human interest, Cinderellla Man is a classic David and Goliath tale that transcends the sport.
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- Bookseller
- Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4915
- Title
- Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
- Author
- Schaap, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618551174
- ISBN 13
- 9780618551170
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BOXING
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