Author: Harry Charles WitwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"A disillusioned view of professional boxing." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation
The Leather Pushers
Author: Harry Charles WitwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"A disillusioned view of professional boxing." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation
The Leather Pushers
Author: H. C. WitwerThe Leather Pushers
Author: Harry Charles WitwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Leather Pushers (Classic Reprint)
Author: H. C. WitwerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331835561
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Excerpt from The Leather Pushers As a result of the wide publicity given the half-million-dollar purse paid Messrs. Dempsey and Carpentier for a twelve-minute exhibition of assault and battery, prize fighting has driven the cleaner and healthier sports momentarily out of the limelight. It is, perhaps, not to be wondered that many a strapping young collegian, poring over his studies, sighs reflectively and allows a tentative hand to stray to his biceps. As opposed to the inevitable grind at meager pay before success comes at law, medicine, business, any of the arts or sciences, the prospect of getting half a million dollars within a couple of years for a few minutes' exhibition of the "manly art" is extremely alluring. That the vast majority of professional bruisers batter or get battered into disfiguring insensibility week after week for a few dollars, that the average paid boxer is "through" long before thirty-five, and that most of them, even ex-champions, die destitute and forgotten, is seldom, if ever, stressed by the prize-fight enthusiast. According to its admirers, prize fighting develops physical and moral courage to the highest degree, even implants self-respect, good sportsmanship, and a sense of fair play where those elements have been lacking, and, in a word, is at all times a most edifying and character-building spectacle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Leather Pushers
Author: Harry Charles WitwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
"A disillusioned view of professional boxing." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation
Fighting Back
Author: Harry Charles WitwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fighting back (Motion picture : 1922)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Rereadings
Author: Anne FadimanPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374530549
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Answering the question "is a book the same the second time around?" this collection of essays includes contributions from Sven Krkerts, Allegra Goodman, Vivian Gornick, Patricia Hampl, Phillip Lopate, and Luc Sante, among others.
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