James J. Corbett: A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner

by Armond Fields

Book Overview

When he died in 1933, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was honored by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing public, who celebrated him as America's greatest boxing champion, and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one of Broadway's top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409096
• ISBN13: 9780786409099
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher