Strong boy : the life and times of John L. Sullivan, America's first sports hero /
"Approaching 19th-century sports and boxing with a 21st-century perspective, Strong Boy brings to life a man--John L. Sullivan--who was the gold standard of boxing for more than a decade; who had a big ego, big mouth, and bigger appetites; who ate and drank with reckless abandon; whose womanizi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Lyons Press,
[2013]
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| Summary: | "Approaching 19th-century sports and boxing with a 21st-century perspective, Strong Boy brings to life a man--John L. Sullivan--who was the gold standard of boxing for more than a decade; who had a big ego, big mouth, and bigger appetites; who ate and drank with reckless abandon; whose womanizing, drunken escapades, and constant presence on the police blotter were a godsend to the burgeoning newspaper industry; whose image was once the most recognizable in America. He was our nation's first sports hero, and his name was not Babe Ruth"-- |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Sports/Boxing copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780762781522 0762781521 |