The distance : a novel /
"It's 1948, an era when neswpapermen were stars and San Francisco sportswriter Billy Nichols is no exception. Known as Mr. Boxing throughout the city, he is the West Coast's answer to Damon Runyon an insider's insider who plucks and polishes his pearllike stories from the nonstop...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
©2002.
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "It's 1948, an era when neswpapermen were stars and San Francisco sportswriter Billy Nichols is no exception. Known as Mr. Boxing throughout the city, he is the West Coast's answer to Damon Runyon an insider's insider who plucks and polishes his pearllike stories from the nonstop hustle of the city's nightclubs, gambling dens, and ringside seats. Billy is right where he wants to be, until he stumbles onto a shocking crime scene. Heavyweight boxer Hack Escalante has killed his manager, and for reasons Billy doesn't fully understand, he makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to protect the prizefighter."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Sports/Boxing copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0743214439 9780743214438 |