Friday night fighter : Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden age of television boxing / Troy Rondinone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rondinone, Troy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxers (Sports)--Biography.

Boxers (Sports).

Boxers (Sports)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Friday Night Fighter' relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface: Boxing Lessons""; ""Introduction: Fight Night""; ""Part I. Gladiators of the Age of Contentment""; ""Chapter 1. “And the Winner�Television!�""; ""Chapter 2. “The Regular Friday Coaxial Bloodbath�""; ""Chapter 3. The Friday Night Fighters""; ""Part II. Indio""; ""Chapter 4. The Mexamerican""; ""Chapter 5. The Discovery of New York""; ""Chapter 6. Climb""; ""Chapter 7. The Tournament""; ""Chapter 8 .The Secret Government""; ""Chapter 9. Trouble""; ""Chapter 10. The Shot""

""Part III. The Hardest Game""""Chapter 11. Bloodying the Sport""; ""Chapter 12. The Ship Goes Down""; ""Chapter 13. Changing Times""; ""Epilogue: Nightmares""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-299-48323-2

0-252-09466-2

OCLC:

1097101058