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Sweet Thunder : The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haygood, Wil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920-1989.
- Robinson, Sugar Ray.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
- Boxers (Sports)--United States.
- Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, --1920-1989.
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing.
- Boxers (Sports).
- Local Subjects:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
- Boxers (Sports)--United States.
- Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
- Robinson, Sugar Ray.
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, --1920-1989.
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (479 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Sweet Thunder
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Lawerence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sugar Ray Robinson was one of the most iconic figures in sports and possibly the greatest boxer of all time. His legendary career spanned nearly 26 years, including his titles as the middleweight and welterweight champion of the world and close to 200 professional bouts. This illuminating biography grounds the spectacular story of Robinson's rise to greatness within the context of the fighter's life and times. Born Walker Smith Jr. in 1921, Robinson's early childhood was marked by the seething racial tensions and explosive race riots that infected the Midwest throughout the 1920s and
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; list of illustrations; Prologue: Round Midnight; 1921-1942 Say Goodbye to Walker Smith Jr.; 1943-1944 Sugar Ray's Uniform; 1945-1946 Esquire Men; A Lovely Setup for the Old Man; 1947 Killer; 1942-1951 An Opera in Six Brutal Acts; 1951 Around (a Part of) the World in Fifty Days; 1952 Dreams; 1953-1954 The Very Thought of You Onstage; 1954-1956 Greatness Again; 1960-1962 Battling; 1963-1966 Autumn Leaves; 1967-1989 Saving All Those Walker Smith Juniors; Epilogue; acknowledgments; source notes; selected bibliography; notes; index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781569768624
- 1569768625
- OCLC:
- 714569577
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