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Floyd Patterson : the fighting life of boxing's invisible champion / W. K. Stratton.
- Title
- Floyd Patterson : the fighting life of boxing's invisible champion / W. K. Stratton.
- Author
- Stratton, W. K., 1955-
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | GV1132.P3 S77 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 269 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]244) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780151014309 (hardback)
- 0151014302 (hardback)
- LCCN
- ^^2012017319
- OCLC
- 666239937
- SCSB-11223946
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library