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Gildea, William.
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Gans, Joe.
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
Boxers (Sports), Black -- Biography.
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Gildea, William.
Gans, Joe.
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
Boxers (Sports), Black -- Biography.
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The longest fight : in the
ring
with
Joe
Gans
,
boxing
's
first
African
American
champion
/ William Gildea.
by
Gildea, William.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Call #:
796.83092 G199g
Subjects
Gans
,
Joe
.
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
Boxers (Sports), Black -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780374280970 (hbk.)
0374280975 (hbk.)
Alternate title:
In the
ring
with
Joe
Gans
,
boxing
's
first
African
American
champion
Joe
Gans
,
boxing
's
first
African
American
champion
Edition:
First
edition.
Description:
245 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index.
Summary:
Tells the story of the longest
boxing
match of the twentieth century-- between
Joe
Gans
, the
first
African
American
boxing
champion
, and "Battling" Nelson, a vicious and dirty brawler-- which would stretch to forty-two rounds and last two hours and forty-eight minutes. An new rail line brought spectators from around the country, dozens of reporters came to file blow-by-blow accounts, and an entrepreneurial crew'
s
film of the fight, shown in theaters shortly afterward, endures to this day. The longest fight also recounts something much greater-- the longer battle that
Gans
fought against prejudice as the premier black athlete of his time. It is a portrait of life in black America at the turn of the twentieth century, of what it was like to be the
first
black athlete to successfully cross the nation'
s
gaping racial divide.
Gans
was smart, witty, trim, and handsome-- with one-punch knockout power and groundbreaking defensive skills-- and his courage despite discrimination prefigures the strife faced by many of America'
s
finest athletes, including Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali.
Genre:
Biographies.
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Adult Black Nonfiction
796.83092 G199g
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