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Book Life and Reminiscences of a 19Th Century Gladiator

Download or read book Life and Reminiscences of a 19Th Century Gladiator written by John Lawrence Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardcover reprint of the original 1892 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Sullivan, John Lawrence. Life And Reminiscences Of A 19th Century Gladiator. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Sullivan, John Lawrence. Life And Reminiscences Of A 19th Century Gladiator, . Boston, J.A. Hearn & Co.; Etc., 1892. Subject: Boxing

Book LIFE AND REMINISCENCES OF A 19TH CENTURY GLADIATOR

Download or read book LIFE AND REMINISCENCES OF A 19TH CENTURY GLADIATOR written by JOHN LAWRENCE. SULLIVAN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator   The Autobiography of John L  Sullivan

Download or read book Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator The Autobiography of John L Sullivan written by John Lawrence Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1892, while training for his historic fight with Gentleman Jim Corbett, undefeated heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan wrote "Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator," a summation of his extraordinary life and career. In the book, the "Boston Strong Boy" shares with the reader the story of his humble origins and the obstacles, both legal and personal, that he had to overcome to become the most famous boxer of the 19th century. This deluxe edition of the book contains additional material including never-before-included photographs, newspaper accounts, and interviews.

Book Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator

Download or read book Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator written by Dudley A. Sargent and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator Classic Reprint written by John Lawrence Sullivan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator Pull Back, showing natural poise. Back, showing muscular development of arms and shoulders. Side View, Showing depth of chest during extreme inflation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book LIFE   REMINISCENCES OF A 19TH

Download or read book LIFE REMINISCENCES OF A 19TH written by John Lawrence 1858-1918 Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator   Primary Source Edition

Download or read book Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator Primary Source Edition written by John Lawrence Sullivan and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator

Download or read book Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator written by John Lawrence Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Life and Reminiscences of a Nineteenth Century Gladiator     With Reports of Physical Examinations and Measurements     by Dr  D A  Sargent

Download or read book Life and Reminiscences of a Nineteenth Century Gladiator With Reports of Physical Examinations and Measurements by Dr D A Sargent written by John Lawrence Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book John L  Sullivan and His America

Download or read book John L Sullivan and His America written by Michael T. Isenberg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1994-01-15 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A knockout biography of John L. Sullivan that puts the fabled boxing champ squarely in the context of his rough-and-tumble times. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including the scandalous National Police Gazette, Isenberg (History/Annapolis) recounts how Sullivan brawled his way from a working-class background in Boston's Irish ghetto to the top of the prizefighting world.

Book Irish American Autobiography

Download or read book Irish American Autobiography written by James Silas Rogers and published by Catholic University of America Press + ORM . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively survey of the ever-changing Irish-American experience contains “many perceptive, and sometimes surprising, observations” (The Irish Times). Irish-American Autobiography explores the evolution of Irishness in America through memoirs that describe, define, and redefine what it means to be Irish. From athletes and entertainers to saloon keepers, community activists, and Catholic priests, Irish-Americans of all stripes share their thoughts and perceptions on their ever-evolving ethnic identity. Poet and Irish studies specialist James Silas Rogers begins his evocative analysis with celebrity memoirs by athletes like boxer John L. Sullivan and ballplayer Connie Mack―written when the Irish were eager to put their raffish origins behind them. Later, he traces the many tensions registered by lesser-known Irish-Americans who’ve told their life stories. South Boston step dancers set themselves against the larger culture, framing their identity as outsiders looking in. Even the classic 1950s sitcom The Honeymooners speaks to the poignant sense of exclusion felt by its creator Jackie Gleason. Rogers also examines the changing role of Catholicism as a cultural touchstone for Irish Americans, and examines the painful diffidence of priest autobiographers. Irish-American Autobiography becomes, in the end, a story of a continued search for connection—documenting an “ethnic fade” that never quite happened.

Book John L  Sullivan

Download or read book John L Sullivan written by Adam J. Pollack and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-09-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma and popular appeal during this transitional period contributed greatly to making boxing a nationally popular, "legitimate" sport. Sullivan became boxing's first superstar and arguably the first of any sport. From his first match in the late 1870s through his final championship fight in 1892, this biography contains a thoroughly researched, detailed accounting of John L. Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s, the decade during which Sullivan came to prominence, it follows Sullivan's skill development and discusses his opponents and fights in detail, providing various viewpoints of a single event. Beginning with a discussion of early boxing practices, the sport itself is placed within sociological, legal and historical contexts including anti-prize fighting laws and the so-called "color line." A complete record of Sullivan's career is also included.

Book Jack Johnson  Rebel Sojourner

Download or read book Jack Johnson Rebel Sojourner written by Theresa Runstedtler and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the life and boxing career of Jack Johnson.

Book The Story of Your Life

Download or read book The Story of Your Life written by James Lambie and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intriguing story and turbulent history of a paper Charles Dickens praised for its ‘range of information and profundity of knowledge’, and which Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, simply endorsed with the remark: ‘Of course I read The Sporting Life’. It was the Queen Mother’s love of horseracing that made her such an avid reader of the Life and coverage of that sport forms the core of this book, but there is so much more to fascinate the reader including eyewitness accounts of the first fight for the heavyweight championship of the world and Captain Webb’s heroic Channel swim of 1875. Highlights in the history of cricket, football and rugby are also featured, while chapters on coursing and greyhound racing rank alongside surreal reports on ratting contests and songbird singing competitions. And for 30 years Tommy Wisdom made his motoring reports unique by competing against the best at Brooklands, Le Mans and in many Monte Carlo rallies, while Henry Longhurst’s golfing column was simply the best. The paper’s strident campaigns for racing reforms are also chronicled along with its coverage of major news stories, from Fred Archer’s shocking suicide to its own untimely demise. Its travails in the law courts are documented from its first year, when it was forced to change its title, to its last, when it had to pay libel damages to the training team of Lynda and Jack Ramsden and their jockey, Kieren Fallon. A higher price was paid by its French correspondent who was killed in a duel over an article he had written, while the terrible toll the First World War took on the nation’s sporting heroes is catalogued by the Life’s embedded army correspondent, against a background of political bungling that is being repeated today.

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Strong Boy

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  • Author : Christopher Klein
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2013-11-05
  • ISBN : 1493001981
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book Strong Boy written by Christopher Klein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I can lick any son-of-a-bitch in the world.” So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sport for more than a decade, and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, big mouth, and bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were godsends to a burgeoning newspaper industry. The larger-than-life boxer embodied the American Dream for late nineteenth-century immigrants as he rose from Boston’s Irish working class to become the most recognizable man in the nation. In the process, the “Boston Strong Boy” transformed boxing from outlawed bare-knuckle fighting into the gloved spectacle we know today. Strong Boy tells the story of America’s first sports superstar, a self-made man who personified the power and excesses of the Gilded Age. Everywhere John L. Sullivan went, his fists backed up his bravado. Sullivan’s epic brawls, such as his 75-round bout against Jake Kilrain, and his cross-country barnstorming tour in which he literally challenged all of America to a fight are recounted in vivid detail, as are his battles outside the ring with a troubled marriage, wild weight and fitness fluctuations, and raging alcoholism. Strong Boy gives readers ringside seats to the colorful tale of one of the country’s first Irish-American heroes and the birth of the American sports media and the country’s celebrity obsession with athletes.