The Magnificent Max Baer: The Life of the Heavyweight Champion and Film Star

by Colleen Aycock and David W. Wallace

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California's "Glamour Boy" brought back the "million-dollar gate" not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette razor blades; his leading-man appeal made him a heartthrob in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933). The film was banned in Nazi Germany--Baer had worn a Star of David on his trunks when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476671613
• ISBN13: 9781476671611
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher