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Champion Joe Louis: A Biography - Chris Mead

Description: ISBN 0860518485 / Genre: Biography / Author: Chris Mead / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 330 Pages / Book is published 1998-11-16 by ... more

Champion Joe Louis: A Biography - Chris Mead ... Robson Books Ltd

Newest Review: ... a panther on the hunt from the first round, the dusky detonator twice drove Baer to the canvas in the third round. Baer's ... more

... instinct for the spectator stayed with him even in the third round as he sank to the canvas for the first time in his ring career and waved a careless hand, covered with his own blood, toward the corner from which the sensational Negro was eyeing him with an impassive face, eyes filled with bloodlust.' When Louis demolishes the famous and popular Max Baer newspapers are immediately talking about the next 'White Hope' and writing sniffy articles about the notion that Louis is the future of heavyweight boxing. 'Baer mu...more

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	Champion Joe Louis: A Biography Pages: 330, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Robson Books Ltd Last Update 28.11.2009 05:47	£ 56.66
	Champion Joe Louis: A Biography Pages: 336, Hardcover, Robson Books Ltd Last Update 28.11.2009 05:47	£ 1.26

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Champion Joe Louis: A Biography - Chris Mead: The Brown Bomber (1402 words)
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'From 1935 to 1947 Joe Louis - who took the World Heavyweight Championship from James Braddock on 22 June 1937 - was the best known black person in America. He was not only a star in the almost exclusively white world of sport, he was also the leading representative of his people. In this detailed and absorbing biography, Chris Mead chronicles the life and times of this great boxer who managed to fight his way past his colour to win the respect and admiration of the white press and the white public.' Champion Joe Louis, by Chris Mead, was first published in 1986 and is a lengthy (my paperback copy is nearly 300 pages long) and interesting look at the life ... Read the complete review

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