The contender /

A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lipsyte, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperTrophy, [2003?]
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Description
Summary:A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.
Item Description:Published in hardcover by Harper & Row in 1967.
Physical Description:167 pages ; 18 cm.
ISBN:0064470393 (pbk.)