At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing

A Library of America Special Publication

Nonfiction, Sports, Boxing, Reference, Essays, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Journalism
Cover of the book At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing by Various, Library of America
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Various ISBN: 9781598532029
Publisher: Library of America Publication: August 30, 2012
Imprint: Library of America Language: English
Author: Various
ISBN: 9781598532029
Publisher: Library of America
Publication: August 30, 2012
Imprint: Library of America
Language: English

Named a best book of 2011 by the San Francisco Chronicle, At the Fights is a gritty and glittering anthology of the very best writing about boxing. Here are Jack London on the immortal Jack Johnson; Richard Wright on Joe Louis’s historic victory over Max Schmeling; A. J. Liebling’s brilliantly comic portrait of a manager who really identifies with his fighter; Jimmy Cannon on Archie Moore, the greatest fighter of the 1950s; James Baldwin and Gay Talese on Floyd Patterson’s epic fight with Sonny Liston; George Plimpton on Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X; Norman Mailer on the Rumble in the Jungle; Mark Kram on the Thrilla in Manila; Pete Hamill on legendary trainer and manager Cus D’Amato; Mark Kriegel on Oscar De La Hoya; and David Remnick and Joyce Carol Oates on Mike Tyson. National Book Award–winning novelist Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) offers a foreword and, in a new preface, John Schulian pays tribute to his co-editor, George Kimball, who lost his battle with cancer in 2011.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Named a best book of 2011 by the San Francisco Chronicle, At the Fights is a gritty and glittering anthology of the very best writing about boxing. Here are Jack London on the immortal Jack Johnson; Richard Wright on Joe Louis’s historic victory over Max Schmeling; A. J. Liebling’s brilliantly comic portrait of a manager who really identifies with his fighter; Jimmy Cannon on Archie Moore, the greatest fighter of the 1950s; James Baldwin and Gay Talese on Floyd Patterson’s epic fight with Sonny Liston; George Plimpton on Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X; Norman Mailer on the Rumble in the Jungle; Mark Kram on the Thrilla in Manila; Pete Hamill on legendary trainer and manager Cus D’Amato; Mark Kriegel on Oscar De La Hoya; and David Remnick and Joyce Carol Oates on Mike Tyson. National Book Award–winning novelist Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) offers a foreword and, in a new preface, John Schulian pays tribute to his co-editor, George Kimball, who lost his battle with cancer in 2011.

More books from Library of America

Cover of the book Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales (LOA #19) by Various
Cover of the book Wendell Berry: Essays 1993-2017 (LOA #317) by Various
Cover of the book Mary McCarthy: Novels 1963-1979 (LOA #291) by Various
Cover of the book The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate Vol. 1 1764-1772 (LOA #265) by Various
Cover of the book Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic by Various
Cover of the book Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings (LOA #190) by Various
Cover of the book American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith by Various
Cover of the book Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1950s (LOA #269) by Various
Cover of the book Ann Petry: The Street, The Narrows (LOA #314) by Various
Cover of the book The Omni-Americans by Various
Cover of the book James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 2 (LOA #27) by Various
Cover of the book The Great American Sports Page: A Century of Classic Columns from Ring Lardner to Sally Jenkins by Various
Cover of the book Madeleine L'Engle: The Wrinkle in Time Quartet (LOA #309) by Various
Cover of the book Past Master by Various
Cover of the book Wendell Berry: Essays 1969-1990 (LOA #316) by Various
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy