Peter Benson

Gebundenes Buch

Battling Siki

A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s

Beschreibung

Benson's biography, the first on this controversial and misunderstood boxer, tells the fascinating story of the first African to win a world championship in boxing. "Has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy set in the Roaring Twenties."--Thomas Hauser, author of "Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times."

Autor

Peter Benson is associate professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the author of Black Orpheus, Transition, and Modern Cultural Awakening in Africa. He has been a Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dakar, University of Nairobi, and Kenyatta University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Arkansas Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 166mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9781557288165
• ISBN-10: 155728816X
• Artikelnr.: 21440595