At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing: A Library of America Special Publication

by Colum McCann and George Kimball

Book Overview

American writers have been fascinated by the ring, both the primal contest inside the ropes and the crazy carnival world outside them. From neighborhood gyms and smoke-filled arenas to star-studded casinos and exotic locales, they have chronicled unforgettable stories about determination and dissipation, about great champions and punch-drunk has-beens, about colorful entourages and outrageous promoters, and, inevitably along the way, about race, class,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598530925
• ISBN13: 9781598530926
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher