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Last of the Gladiators

2019-09-10 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2019-09-10
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Book Synopsis Last of the Gladiators by : James M. LaRossa Jr.

Download or read book Last of the Gladiators written by James M. LaRossa Jr.. This book was released on 2019-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a titan, standing taller than the Empire State Building. He was voted one of the “100 Smartest New Yorkers” and deemed by People Magazine and his peers one of the top half-dozen defense attorneys in the country. His was a household name, so when he died in 2014, the world’s leading newspapers ran lengthy obituaries of him. As an attorney, he was a warrior, a Roman gladiator, feared by prosecutors, respected by judges. He represented clients as notorious as mobsters Paul Castellano and Carlo Gambino, and as diverse as Ross Perot, Studio 54, Keith Hernandez, the New York Jets, MGM, Def Jam Records, and Columbian drug lords. He argued before the Supreme Court, and several times remade criminal law in ways that remain to this day. Of nearly 1000 cases he tried, he won more than 80 percent. He was described as a combination of Bob Hope and Darth Vader. He was superhuman, brilliant, charming, and unforgettable. He was trial lawyer Jimmy LaRossa, and they’ll never be another American lawyer quite like him. This is his story, Last of the Gladiators: A Memoir of Love, Redemption, and the Mob by his son, James LaRossa Jr.

The Last Gladiators

2016-03-14
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Release : 2016-03-14
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Book Synopsis The Last Gladiators by : Michael Walsh

Download or read book The Last Gladiators written by Michael Walsh. This book was released on 2016-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early 1960s Africa was the Dark Continent of James Conrad, David Livingstone, and Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Often found in any of over 20 African nations traveller Michael Walsh identified with the period with which Europe's last gladiators would also be familiar. The dogs-of-war had worn the epaulettes of every nation. Now comrades-in-arms were veterans of the Waffen SS, The French Foreign Legion, British Parachute Regiment, Belgian, Dutch, and Irish and Swedish servicemen. Here is the real world of the men who made up the epic movie The Wild Geese. Drawn into the Congo Crisis and Biafra War of Independence, the Sudan, South Africa and Rhodesia Bush Wars the soldiers-of fortune numbered in their ranks legends as Colonel Mike Hoare, 'Black Jack' Schramme, veteran Colonel Bob Denard, and Major Siegfried Muller. We witness the heroic death of Marc Goosens, meet French Legionnaire Roger Faulques and ex-Hitler Youth Rolf Steiner. Never forgotten are Alexander Gay and Major Taffy Williams all of whom were truly the Last Gladiators of Europe."

Gladiators

2007 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2007
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Gladiators by : Michael Martin

Download or read book Gladiators written by Michael Martin. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Roman gladiators, including their history, weapons, and way of life.

the last gladiator

1979 Abolitionists
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Release : 1979
Genre : Abolitionists
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Book Synopsis the last gladiator by : Roberta Baughman Carl'ee

Download or read book the last gladiator written by Roberta Baughman Carl'ee. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gladiators

2013-09-13 History
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Release : 2013-09-13
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Gladiators by : Roger Dunkle

Download or read book Gladiators written by Roger Dunkle. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from where they had obtained wild beasts for the venatio), and the inevitability of Roman justice for criminals and those foreigners who had dared to challenge the empire's authority. Though we might see these games as bloodthirsty, cruel and reprehensible condemning any alien culture out of hand for a sport that offends our sensibilities smacks of cultural chauvinism. Instead one should judge an ancient sport by the standards of its contemporary cultural context. This book offers a fascinating, and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans. It will answer questions about gladiatorial combat such as: What were its origins? Why did it disappear? Who were gladiators? How did they become gladiators? What was there training like? How did the Romans view gladiators? How were gladiator shows produced and advertised? What were the different styles of gladiatorial fighting? Did gladiator matches have referees? Did every match end in the death of at least one gladiator? Were gladiator games mere entertainment or did they play a larger role in Roman society? What was their political significance?

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