9Dec/094
The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told: Thirty-Six Incredible Tales from the Ring
- ISBN13: 9781592284795
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Groundbreaking New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
"Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a fantastic concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is The Greatest (fill in the blank) Tales Ever Told, anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such tales make fantastic reading." -The Lexington County Chronicle
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The Greatest Boxing Tales Ever Told: Thirty-Six Incredible Tales from the Ring
December 9th, 2009 - 17:56
the only thing that I can rite negatively about this boox is that there isn’t any tale about me. Did you know that I’m a former amateur boxing champion of Alvin, Texas.
Rating: 5 / 5
December 9th, 2009 - 18:03
Mediocre Read. Highlight is Frank DeFord’s SI article on Billy Conn, originally titled the “Boxer and The Blonde”. It helped that I had some knowledge of the subject matter. My Father knew Billy Conn’s Father-in-Law, and I visited the Funeral Home when Billy was laid out. Also of interest was the script from the “I coulda been a contendah” Cab scene from “On the Waterfront”. Of lesser or no interest were excerpts from the “Illiad and the Odyssey” and 1700/1800 fights. I really would not recommend this book to anyone, including hardened fight fans.
Rating: 3 / 5
December 9th, 2009 - 18:41
A perfectly edited anthology that will appeal not only to devotees of the sweet science, but to any fan of fantastic writing. Silverman includes work by some of America’s greatest essayists (Liebling, Plimpton, Mailer, Baldwin) and most well loved fiction authors (O. Henry, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Damon Runyon, Richard Ford). The excerpt from Pierce Egan’s 1829 classic BOXIANA (a favorite of A.J. Liebling’s) is a special treat. The only thing missing is David Remnick on Muhammad Ali; but you can’t expect everything from a 368-page collection. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
December 9th, 2009 - 20:51
There is so much excellent writing on boxing that it’s hard to know where to start picking the best, but Jeff Silverman did an incredible job of putting together a collection that honors the ancient warhorses and still comes up with new surprises. Some of the fantastic writers of the 20th century are represented with their small tales — Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Dashiell Hammett, Irwin Shaw and Jack London. It was fun to find that writers like O. Henry and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about boxing, too. In the non-fiction corner, selections by Frank Deford, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, James Baldwin and Robert Lipsyte were all first rate, and some of the really ancient writing from the 18th and 19th century was lively and entertaining. With its sweep of boxing history and literature, it’s a must for every boxing fan’s bookshelf.
Rating: 5 / 5