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When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age

Title
When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age / Bruce J. Evensen.
Author
Evensen, Bruce J.
Publication
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.

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Description
xviii, 214 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index.
Contents
Dempsey and the Doctor -- Tex and Toledo -- Tunney, Dempsey, sports writers, and readers -- Hearst, the Colonel, Ochs, and the Captain : four publishers bid for the fight -- The Philadelphia fight -- The comeback, the Chicago fight, and its aftermath.
Call Number
JFE 96-13109
ISBN
  • 087049919X
  • 0870499181 (pbk.)
LCCN
95032483
OCLC
32924903
Author
Evensen, Bruce J.
Title
When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age / Bruce J. Evensen.
Imprint
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 96-13109
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