The book of boxing /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Heinz, W. C. (Wilfred Charles), 1915-2008, Ward, Nathan
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Kingston, N.Y. : Total Sports Illustrated Classics, [1999]
Subjects:	Boxing.

Table of Contents:

Melted Sugar [Reporting] / Jesse Abramson 9
He Swung and He Missed [Fiction] / Nelson Algren 11
Michelangelo's Masterpiece [Reporting] / Dave Anderson 15
The Kid's Last Fight [Poetry] / Anonymous 17
Epigrams [Humor] / Bugs Baer 19
Billy Miske's Last Christmas [Portrait] / George A. Barton 20
The Prize Fight [Fact] / Arnold Bennett 22
A Visit with John L. Sullivan [Reporting] / Nellie Bly 25
From Lavengro [Fiction] / George Borrow 30
Sullivan--Mitchell [Reporting] / Arthur Brisbane 33
The First Boxing Rules [Fact] / Jack Broughton 36
The Orthodox Champion [Comment] / Heywood Broun 37
The Portable A.C. [Fact] / Warren Brown 38
From Tale of James Carabine [Fiction] / Donn Byrne 42
From Letters and Journal [Fact] / Lord Byron, George Gordon 49
The Joe Louis I Remember [Portrait] / Jimmy Cannon 50
The Marquis of Queensberry Rules [Fact] / John Graham Chambers 57
Sullivan--Flood [Reporting] / Donald Barr Chidsey 58
Dempsey--Carpentier [Reporting] / Irvin S. Cobb 60
The Second Louis--Schmeling Fight [Reporting] / Bob Considine 64
Sullivan vs. Corbett [Fact] / James J. Corbett 65
Corbett--Fitzsimmons [Fact] / Robert H. Davis 70
How to Train for a Fight [Fact] / Professor michael J. Donovan 75
Jersey Joe Walcott--Rocky Marciano [Reporting] / Don Dunphy 78
Jem Belcher [Fact] / Pierce Egan 79
The Iron City Express [Fact] / James R. Fair 89
Twenty-five Bucks [Fiction] / James T. Farrell 93
Hello Joe [Fiction] / William Fay 97
Title Battle in Typhoon [Reporting] / Nat Fleischer 104
Pity the Poor Giant [Portrait] / Paul Gallico 108
Roberto Duran and the Wise Old Men [Reporting] / Leonard Gardner 115
From The Useful Science of Defence [Fact] / Captain John Godfrey 121
From The World I Knew [Comment] / Louis Golding 126
All the Way to the Grave [Fact] / Frank Graham 128
Stillman's Gym [Fact] / Rocky Graziano, Rowland Barber 130
The Fight [Fact] / William Hazlitt 133
The Day of the Fight [Fact] / W.C. Heinz 141
Fifty Grand [Fiction] / Ernest Hemingway 149
The Higher Pragmatism [Fiction] / O. Henry 161
A Radio Man Remembers [Fact] / George Hicks 162
From The Iliad [Poetry] / Homer 164
From The Man Who Laughs [Fiction] / Victor Hugo 166
Stop the Fight! [Fiction] / Norman Katkov 169
Lawdy, Lawdy, He's Great [Fact] / Mark Kram 176
The Great Almost White Hope [Fact] / Mark Kriegel 179
Two Visits with Sam Langford [Portrait] / Al Laney 186
Shelby, 1923 [Fact] / John Lardner 188
Champion [Fiction] / Ring Lardner 197
Boxing with the Naked Eye [Comment] / A.J. Liebling 207
Jack Johnson v. Jim Jeffries [Reporting] / Jack London 209
Epigrams [Comment] / Lucilius 214
Death [Fact] / Norman Mailer 215
How it Feels to be Champ [Self-Portrait] / Rocky Marciano 218
From "The Everlasting Mercy" [Poetry] / John Masefield 225
The Time of Ruby Robert [Fact] / Edgar Lee Masters 228
News of a Champion [Portrait] / W.O. McGeehan 233
The Sour Taste in Jack Bodell's Pop [Portrait] / Hugh McIlvanney 235
The Nonpareil's Grave [Poetry] / M. J. McMahon 237
From Street Fighting to Fame [Fact] / Daniel Mendoza 238
Dempsey--Firpo [Reporting] / Frank G. Menke 240
Mr. John Jackson: 1788-1795 [Fact] / Henry Downes Miles 244
Epistle from Tom Crib to Big Ben [Poetry] / Thomas Moore 250
From: The Mongoose [Portrait] / Jack Murphy 251
Brooklyn Mick [Fiction] / Eddie Orcutt 263
I Went to See Tony Galento [Fact] / Dan Parker 271
Siki and Civilization [Comment] / Westbrook Pegler 272
From The Dialogues [Argument] / Plato 274
From Shadow Box [Reporting] / George Plimpton 276
The Ring [Fact] / J.B. Priestley 279
Eight Minutes of Fury [Reporting] / Pat Putnam 281
Kid Dynamite Blows Up [Fact] / David Remnick 283
From The Fancy [Poetry] / John Hamilton Reynolds 297
On Dempsey and Tunney [Fact] / Grantland Rice 298
Bred for Battle [Fiction] / Damon Runyon 301
The Great Benny Leonard [Portrait] / Budd Schulberg 306
From Cashel Byron's Profession [Fiction] / George Bernard Shaw 311
The Nose [Portrait] / Red Smith 319
From The Thebaid [Fiction] / Statius 321
Old Man Britt [Fact] / Ashton Stevens 322
Death of a Prize Fighter [Fiction] / Robert Switzer 325
A Lay of Ancient London [Poetry] / William Makepeace Thackeray 329
From The Dioscuri [Fiction] / Theocritus 332
One-Thirty-Three--Ringside [Fiction] / Charles E. Van Loan 334
From The Aeneid [Poetry] / Virgil 343
End of the Line for Leo [Portrait] / Emmett Watson 346
Abe Attell Takes the Stand [Fact] / Joe Williams 347.