[PDF.34gy] The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America

The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America

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 | #485178 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  2010-04-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.10 x.80 x6.00l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Important for the working class history and the history of the sport of bare-knuckle boxing.|By Miroku Nemeth|This is essential reading if one wants to understand working class history in America as well as boxing. The fact that Gorn has also written a book on Mother Jones should be a great indicator of the characteristics of this work.

One of the most profound insig| || "Gorn has done a splendid job of colorfully sketching the development of nineteenth-century prize fighting; the book is beautifully written, extensively researched, and rooted in a sophisticated understanding of American social and cultural history. He demo

"It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, most of it quite negative since the whole enterprise was illegal. But a generation later, toward the end of the century, the great John L. Sullivan of Boston had become the nation's first true sports celebrity, an American i...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America   |  Elliott J. Gorn. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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