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Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910

Arne K. Lang

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Description:In the late 1890s, when boxing rivaled the popularity of baseball, George Dixon and Terry McGovern were among its most famous practitioners. Their paths first crossed in 1900 in what is widely considered the most significant featherweight bout in history. Both men were fighters who died young under distressing circumstances. Both were products of a burgeoning industrial society and a cult of masculinity, at a time when prizefighting's adherents and opponents were in a constant tug-of-war. This book tells the full story, with a fascinating cast of characters including imperious manager/promoter Tom O'Rourke, World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott, and Tammany Hall bigwig Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, whose invisible hand made New York the epicenter of boxing in the 1890s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910. To get started finding Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: McFarland

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1476688737

Description: In the late 1890s, when boxing rivaled the popularity of baseball, George Dixon and Terry McGovern were among its most famous practitioners. Their paths first crossed in 1900 in what is widely considered the most significant featherweight bout in history. Both men were fighters who died young under distressing circumstances. Both were products of a burgeoning industrial society and a cult of masculinity, at a time when prizefighting's adherents and opponents were in a constant tug-of-war. This book tells the full story, with a fascinating cast of characters including imperious manager/promoter Tom O'Rourke, World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott, and Tammany Hall bigwig Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, whose invisible hand made New York the epicenter of boxing in the 1890s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910. To get started finding Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910

Clash of the Little Giants: George Dixon, Terry McGovern and the Culture of Boxing in America, 1890–1910

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