Author: John SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Special Edition of the Life and Work of John Sullivan
Author: John SullivanThe Military Services and Public Life of Major-General John Sullivan
Author: Thomas C. AmoryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780371346006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
John L. Sullivan
Author: Adam J. PollackPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476618348
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma and popular appeal during this transitional period contributed greatly to making boxing a nationally popular, "legitimate" sport. Sullivan became boxing's first superstar and arguably the first of any sport. From his first match in the late 1870s through his final championship fight in 1892, this biography contains a thoroughly researched, detailed accounting of John L. Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s, the decade during which Sullivan came to prominence, it follows Sullivan's skill development and discusses his opponents and fights in detail, providing various viewpoints of a single event. Beginning with a discussion of early boxing practices, the sport itself is placed within sociological, legal and historical contexts including anti-prize fighting laws and the so-called "color line." A complete record of Sullivan's career is also included.
Life of John Sullivan
Author: Oliver William Bourn PeabodyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Father John Sullivan, S.J., etc. (Second edition, reprinted.).
Author: Fergal MACGRATHNeither the Charm Nor the Luck
Author: Karl F. StephensPublisher:
ISBN: 9781432742287
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Biography of Major-General John Sullivan, with emphasis on his role in the American Revolution-with 10 original maps.
Life of John Sullivan
Author: Oliver William Bourne PeabodyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Letters and Papers of Major-General John Sullivan, Continental Army
Author: John SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Letters and Papers of Major-General John Sullivan Continental Army
Author: John SullivanPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781258136291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Collections Of The New Hampshire Historical Society, V14.
Pulphead
Author: John Jeremiah SullivanPublisher: FSG Originals
ISBN: 1429995041
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year 2011 A Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction book of 2011 A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2011 A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America's cultural landscape—from high to low to lower than low—by the award-winning young star of the literary nonfiction world. In Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and at times completely forgotten culture. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan shows us—with a laidback, erudite Southern charm that's all his own—how we really (no, really) live now. In his native Kentucky, Sullivan introduces us to Constantine Rafinesque, a nineteenth-century polymath genius who concocted a dense, fantastical prehistory of the New World. Back in modern times, Sullivan takes us to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the alumni and straggling refugees of MTV's Real World, who've generated their own self-perpetuating economy of minor celebrity; and all across the South on the trail of the blues. He takes us to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina—and back again as its residents confront the BP oil spill. Gradually, a unifying narrative emerges, a story about this country that we've never heard told this way. It's like a fun-house hall-of-mirrors tour: Sullivan shows us who we are in ways we've never imagined to be true. Of course we don't know whether to laugh or cry when faced with this reflection—it's our inevitable sob-guffaws that attest to the power of Sullivan's work.