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My Life and Battles
by Johnson, Jack:
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- Paperback
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 1597972673
- ISBN 13
- 9781597972673
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About This Item
-Potomac Books Inc (2009)-. First edition 2009. xxi+127 pages. Illustrated. Paperback. Used, like new. Jack Johnson (1878 - 1946) was the first black American heavyweight boxing champion of the world and became an iconic figure in the history and race and sport in America. "My Life and Battles" is the translation of Johnson's memoir that was only ever published in French, and which has never before been translated into English, and is virtually an unknown work to boxing fans today. It describes Johnson's colorful life both inside and outside the ring up to and including his famous defeat of Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada on July 4th, 1910. He goes on to comment explicitly on race and 'the color line' in boxing and American society in ways that would not have been allowed had the publication been originally destined for the American reading public. Many boxing titles in stock, please ask for our list, or link. My Life and Battles Jack Johnson 9781597972673
Synopsis
Translation and amalgam of the 1914 autobiography Mes combats and autobiographical articles that originally appeared in La vie au grand air in 1911 Includes bibliographical references and index Translated from the French
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- Bookseller
- Paul Brown Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28682
- Title
- My Life and Battles
- Author
- Johnson, Jack:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1597972673
- ISBN 13
- 9781597972673
- Publisher
- -Potomac Books Inc (2009)-
- This edition first published
- 2009-06
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