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Author | : Allen Bodner |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1997-10-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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The author reports on the many young Jewish fighters who began boxing for the money. In the 1920s and 1930s, "Jews were represented in almost every aspect of the sport, from manufacturing equipment to management."--Jacket.
Author | : Allen Bodner |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2011-02-04 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1438436084 |
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A vivid portrayal of the important role of Jews in American boxing history, and vice versa.
Author | : Mike Silver |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2016-03-04 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1630761400 |
Download Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For more than sixty years—from the 1890s to the 1950s—boxing was an integral part of American popular culture and a major spectator sport rivaling baseball in popularity. More Jewish athletes have competed as boxers than all other professional sports combined; in the period from 1901 to 1939, 29 Jewish boxers were recognized as world champions and more than 160 Jewish boxers ranked among the top contenders in their respective weight divisions. Stars in the Ring,by renowned boxing historian Mike Silver, presents this vibrant social history in the first illustrated encyclopedic compendium of its kind.
Author | : Franklin Foer |
Publisher | : Twelve |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2012-10-30 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1455516112 |
Download Jewish Jocks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A collection of essays by today's preeminent writers on significant Jewish figures in sports, told with humor, heart, and an eye toward the ever elusive question of Jewish identity. Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame is a timeless collection of biographical musings, sociological riffs about assimilation, first-person reflections, and, above all, great writing on some of the most influential and unexpected pioneers in the world of sports. Featuring work by today's preeminent writers, these essays explore significant Jewish athletes, coaches, broadcasters, trainers, and even team owners (in the finite universe of Jewish Jocks, they count!). Contributors include some of today's most celebrated writers covering a vast assortment of topics, including David Remnick on the biggest mouth in sports, Howard Cosell; Jonathan Safran Foer on the prodigious and pugnacious Bobby Fischer; Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson writing elegantly on Marty Reisman, America's greatest ping-pong player and the sport's ultimate showman. Deborah Lipstadt examines the continuing legacy of the Munich Massacre, the fortieth anniversary of which coincided with the 2012 London Olympics. Jane Leavy reveals why Sandy Koufax agreed to attend her daughter's bat mitzvah. And we learn how Don Lerman single-handedly thrust competitive eating into the public eye with three pounds of butter and 120 jalapeño peppers. These essays are supplemented by a cover design and illustrations throughout by Mark Ulriksen. From settlement houses to stadiums and everywhere in between, Jewish Jock features men and women who do not always fit the standard athletic mold. Rather, they utilized talents long prized by a people of the book (and a people of commerce) to game these games to their advantage, in turn forcing the rest of the world to either copy their methods -- or be left in their dust.
Author | : Ken Blady |
Publisher | : SP Books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780933503878 |
Download The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Gerald Early |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1107058015 |
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Offers accessible and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of boxing around the globe.
Author | : Binnie Klein |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2010-03-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1438430035 |
Download Blows to the Head Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A provocative tale of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing.
Author | : Ronald Schechter |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Download Mendoza the Jew Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Mendoza the Jew combines a graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza. Mendoza was a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789. As a Jew with limited means and a foreign-sounding name, Mendoza was an unlikely symbol of what many Britons considered to be their very own "national" sport.
Author | : Wynn Wheldon |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1445685744 |
Download The Fighting Jew Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first full-length popular biography of one of the first boxing superstars. Mendoza transformed boxing from a mere brawl into the sweet science, and was a master manipulator of publicity and shaping public opinion. He exploited the anti-Semitic feelings of the day and in doing so raised the social profile of Jews in Great Britain.
Author | : Joseph M. Siegman |
Publisher | : SP Books |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781561710287 |
Download The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Here is the first full account of Jewish contributions to international sports. Rich in personal anecdotes, historical background (including explanation of the barriers excluding Jewish athletes from otherwise successful careers) and packed with 150 rare, historical, black-and-white photographs. Foreword by Mark Spitz.