Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 533 g
A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s
Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 533 g
ISBN: 978-1-55728-888-2
Verlag: University of Arkansas Press
This is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.