The longest fight : in the ring with Joe Gans, boxing's first African American champion / William Gildea.

In The longest fight, the longtime Washington Post correspondent William Gildea tells the story of the longest boxing match of the twentieth century-- between Joe Gans , the first African American boxing champion, and "Battling" Nelson, a vicious and dirty brawler-- which would stretch to forty-two...

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Main Author: Gildea, William
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Gans, Joe.
Boxers (Sports) > United States > Biography.
African American boxers > Biography.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Variant Title:
In the ring with Joe Gans, boxing's first African American champion.
Format: Book

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