Joe Louis

The Life of a Heavyweight

Lew Freedman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-5907-0 (ISBN)

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Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title was the most prominent non-team sports competitor.) In addition, Louis helped bridge the gap of understanding between whites and blacks. During World War II he not only raised money for Army and Navy relief and entertained millions of troops as a morale officer, but became a symbol of American hope and strength.

This biography of Louis outlines his rise from poverty in Alabama to become the best-known African American of his time and describes how an uneducated man, simple at his core, became so articulate and ended up on the side of right in the battles he fought, with fist or voice.

Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Wyoming’s Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1. The Brain Trust 5

2. Alabama 13

3. Detroit 22

4. Joe Who? 29

5. Laying Out the Big Plan 36

6. Jack Johnson 42

7. Going Pro 50

8. The Brown Bomber 57

9. The Brown Bomber Versus the Italian Man Mountain 67

10. Showdown with “Killer” Baer 78

11. An Eye for the Ladies 86

12. Working His Way to the Top 96

13. Max Schmeling 103

14. Schmeling, Hitler and the Nazis 111

15. Louis-Schmeling I 117

16. Joe Bounces Back 127

17. And the New Heavyweight Champion of the World 135

18. Being the Champ 143

19. LouisSchmeling II 150

20. Bigger Than Ever 160

21. Two-Ton Tony and Tons of Others 168

22. The Tough Guy from Pittsburgh 178

23. You’re in the Army Now 187

24. A Young Man Named Robinson 197

25. After the War 203

26. End Days of a Brilliant Career 211

27. Real Life Tougher Than Boxing 219

Chapter Notes 231

Bibliography 237

Index 239

Zusatzinfo	11 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	0-7864-5907-7 / 0786459077
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-5907-0 / 9780786459070
Zustand	Neuware