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Sweet William : the life of Billy Conn / Andrew O'Toole.
LIBRA GV1132.C66 O76 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Toole, Andrew.
- Series:
- Sport and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conn, Billy, 1917-1993.
- Conn, Billy.
- Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
- Boxers (Sports).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- A tribute to Billy Conn, one of the greatest lightweight boxing champions of all time
- Contents:
- This is easy
- A kiss from heaven
- I can lick anyone Johnny Ray tells me I can lick
- Like a thief he kept running
- A fistic star is born
- Gone to the fight
- Fighting is my business
- Toast of the town
- That Conn boy talks too much
- Reckless son of Erin
- Where's Billy?
- I'm afraid of no man living
- Mickey Rooney's a sissy
- He can run
- Old scores to settle
- "You only get one chance".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252032240
- 0252032241
- OCLC:
- 141386448
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