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  • Black Dynamite: The Story of the Negro in the Prize Ring from 1782 to 1938

    af Nat Fleischer ...
    Serier Bog 1 - Black Dynamite
    The first part of Nat Fleischer's Black Dynamite: The Story of the Negro in the Prize Ring from 1782 to 1938. This volume follows the careers of pioneering Black boxers, covering decades of fights from the late 1700s to the 1880s.Featured in this volume are: Bill Richmond, Tom Molineaux, Henry Sutton, Sam Robinson, James Wharton, Massa Kendrick, Sambo Sutton, Young Richmond, Bob Travers, Bob Smith ... Læs mere

    23,97 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

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    A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was.The Sweet Science depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the ... Læs mere

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  • Fifty-Nine in '84

    Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, & the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had

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    Fifty-nine in '84 is award–winning journalist Edward Achorn's riveting history of late nineteenth century baseball and the era's most legendary pitcher.In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games—more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series.Fifty ... Læs mere

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  • The First Superstar

    Bareknuckles: John L. Sullivan

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  • Pitching In A Pinch : Or, Baseball From The Inside

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  • The Notorious Captain Hayes

    The Remarkable True Story of The Pirate of The Pacific

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    The incredible true story of William "Bully' Hayes, the so-called "Pirate of the Pacific" in the 19th century; the myth and the man.The story of Bully Hayes - so-called "Pirate of the Pacific" - is known throughout the Pacific, from the US to Australia and all points in between. He became the inspiration for a variety of fictional characters, writers from Robert Louis Stevenson to James A Michener ... Læs mere

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  • The Great White Hopes

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  • 100 Years Of Baseball

    The Intimate And Dramatic Story Of Modern Baseball

    The story of America's pastime is rooted in our history. The most commonly told stories of baseball are no mystery. They can easily be found in any of the thousands of books on this team or that player. In 100 Years of Baseball, we get to look even further into the past at the stories that didn't make the headlines.Down through the years as baseball grew, Lee Allen traces the development... the ... Læs mere

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