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Author : William Miller
Release : 2004
Genre : African American boxers
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Joe Louis, My Champion by : William Miller
Download or read book Joe Louis, My Champion written by William Miller. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African-American boy idolises world champion prize-fighter Joe Louis as a boxer and a role model.
Author : Lew Freedman
Release : 2013-04-05
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 077/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Joe Louis by : Lew Freedman
Download or read book Joe Louis written by Lew Freedman. This book was released on 2013-04-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title was the most prominent non-team sports competitor.) In addition, Louis helped bridge the gap of understanding between whites and blacks. During World War II he not only raised money for Army and Navy relief and entertained millions of troops as a morale officer, but became a symbol of American hope and strength. This biography of Louis outlines his rise from poverty in Alabama to become the best-known African American of his time and describes how an uneducated man, simple at his core, became so articulate and ended up on the side of right in the battles he fought, with fist or voice.
Author : Randy Roberts
Release : 2010-10-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 853/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Joe Louis by : Randy Roberts
Download or read book Joe Louis written by Randy Roberts. This book was released on 2010-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “humbling, inspiring . . . deeply emotional” biography of the boxing legend who held the heavyweight world championship for more than eleven years (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Known as the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title an astonishing twenty-five times. Through the 1930s, he got more column inches of newspaper coverage than President Roosevelt. At a time when the boxing ring was the only venue where black and white could meet on equal terms, Louis embodied Black America’s hope for dignity and equality. And in 1938, his politically charged defeat of German boxer Max Schmeling made Louis a national hero on the world stage. Through meticulous research and first-hand interviews, acclaimed biographer Randy Roberts presents a complete portrait of Louis and his outsized impact on sport and country. Digging beneath the simplistic narratives of heroism and victimization, Roberts reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and whose relationships with both the black and white communities—including his relationships with mobsters—were deeply complex. “Roberts is a fine match with his subject. He supports with powerful evidence his contention that Louis’s impact was enormous and profound.” —The Boston Globe
Author : David A. Adler
Release : 2008-12
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Book Rating : 533/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Joe Louis by : David A. Adler
Download or read book Joe Louis written by David A. Adler. This book was released on 2008-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about the life of African American boxer Joe Louis, who was born on May 13, 1914 to a poor family. His family moved from Alabama to Detroit, MI, when he was 12 years old. There he learned how to become a boxer. Joe quit school in 1932 and became an amateur fighter. He won 50 of his 54 fights as an amateur. The book describes the successes and tribulations of Joe¿s career, esp. his defeat of German fighter Max Schmeling in 1938, with Europe on the brink of war. When American entered World War II, Joe Louis joined the army and raised America¿s spirits. After the war, he retired from boxing undefeated as world champion, but came back to fighting, until he lost to Rocky Marciano in 1951. He died on April 12, 1981. Juvenile Audiences.
Author : Joe Louis
Release : 1978
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Joe Louis, My Life by : Joe Louis
Download or read book Joe Louis, My Life written by Joe Louis. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of the boxer known as the Brown Bomber, who became heavyweight champion of the world in 1937.
