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    Floyd Patterson : the fighting life of boxing's invisible champion / W. K. Stratton.
    by Stratton, W. K.
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    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
    Call #:796.83092 P317s
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  • Patterson, Floyd.
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  • Boxers (Sports), Black -- United States -- Biography.
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    9780151014309 (hardback)
    0151014302 (hardback)
    Description: 
    xiv, 269 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-244) and index.
    Contents: 
    Nothing short of miraculous -- I don't like that boy! -- Taken up with boxing -- Floyd Patterson is out of this world -- Cus answers the questions -- Do I have to fight Floyd? -- Youngest king of the mountain -- A Black champion in America -- Lightning and toonder -- Not the time to quit -- Standing at the peak -- Camelot denied -- Confronting a certain weakness - -A title for America -- A boxing man -- Invisible champion.
    Summary: 
    Documents the inspiring story of the civil rights activist, Olympic gold medalist and history's youngest World Heavyweight Champion, placing his career against a backdrop of boxing's golden age while analyzing misunderstood aspects of his character.
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