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The Greatest Fight of Our Generation : Louis vs. Schmeling.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198039532
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Greatest Fight of Our GenerationDDC classification:
  • 796.83/09043
LOC classification:
  • GV1136.8.E74 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION "MORE THAN A PRIZEFIGHT" -- 1 DOWN BUT NOT OUT: BOXING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- 2 COMING OFF THE CANVAS: THE RENAISSANCE OF BOXING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- 3 MAX SCHMELING'S SIEG-EIN DEUTSCHER SIEG (MAX SCHMELING'S VICTORY-A GERMAN VICTORY) -- 4 THE BRADDOCK AFFAIR AND THE COLOR LINE -- 5 THE GREATEST FIGHT OF OUR GENERATION -- 6 THIS IS THE ARMY -- 7 LAST ROUNDS -- EPILOGUE WINNERS AND LOSERS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: In this superb account, Lewis A. Erenberg offers a vivid portrait of Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, their individual careers, and their two epic fights, shedding light on what these fighters represented to their nations, and why their second bout took on such international importance.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION "MORE THAN A PRIZEFIGHT" -- 1 DOWN BUT NOT OUT: BOXING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- 2 COMING OFF THE CANVAS: THE RENAISSANCE OF BOXING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- 3 MAX SCHMELING'S SIEG-EIN DEUTSCHER SIEG (MAX SCHMELING'S VICTORY-A GERMAN VICTORY) -- 4 THE BRADDOCK AFFAIR AND THE COLOR LINE -- 5 THE GREATEST FIGHT OF OUR GENERATION -- 6 THIS IS THE ARMY -- 7 LAST ROUNDS -- EPILOGUE WINNERS AND LOSERS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

In this superb account, Lewis A. Erenberg offers a vivid portrait of Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, their individual careers, and their two epic fights, shedding light on what these fighters represented to their nations, and why their second bout took on such international importance.

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