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Battling Siki : a tale of ring fixes, race, and murder in the 1920s / Peter Benson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benson, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siki, Battling, 1897-1925.
- Siki, Battling.
- Boxers (Sports)--Senegal--Biography.
- Boxers (Sports).
- Boxing--Corrupt practices.
- Boxing.
- Senegal.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Savage Battler and Clever Little Mike 1
- Chapter 2 "The Wild Man of the Boulevards" 23
- Chapter 3 "The Leopard ... his Spots, the Ethiopian... his Skin" 47
- Chapter 4 "A First-Class Fighting Man" 73
- Chapter 5 "Tough Luck!" 89
- Chapter 6 "A Hero, Perhaps ..." 111
- Chapter 7 The Phantom Fighters at Salle Wagram 125
- Chapter 8 "Yes, We Have No Bananas!" 151
- Chapter 9 "I No Fight" 175
- Chapter 10 Apes and Peacocks 197
- Chapter 11 "Trop de Cinema" 229
- Chapter 12 Tagged 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 155728816X
- OCLC:
- 62679821
- Publisher Number:
- 9781557288165
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