Leo N. Miletich

Broschiertes Buch

Dan Stuart's Fistic Carnival

Beschreibung

Never have so many done so much to stop so few. The year was 1895, and Dallas gambler Dan Stuart had a modest idea: promote a boxing carnival featuring a match for the heavyweight championship of the world between Gentleman Jim Corbett and Fighting Bob Fitzsimmons. What could be simpler? This richly detailed true epic of a fight and the hard-punching (and sometimes loony) political and religious turmoil surrounding it will entertain not only sports fans but all who appreciate a well-told tale that demonstrates once and for all that truth can be stranger than fiction - a lot stranger.

Autor

Leo N. Miletich is the author of a book on Broadway musicals and more than twenty nationally published articles on pop culture. His passion for fantastic true stories and his flair for research--honed by a dozen years of library service--here merge with the perfect, knockout subject. He lives and writes in El Paso.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780890966150
• ISBN-10: 089096615X
• Artikelnr.: 21338296