{"title":"Acevedo Carlos","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sporting-blood-book-carlos-acevedo-9781949590593","title":"Sporting Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Acevedo is one of the most talented boxing writers working today and this is a book in the lineage--and spirit--of some of the great boxing compendia, \u003ci\u003eMcIlvanney on Boxing\u003c\/i\u003e, or A. J. Liebling's round-ups.\"--\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoxing has one of the richest literary traditions in sports. From A. J.Liebling to Donald McRae, the sweet science has consistently inspired greatwriting. The work of Carlos Acevedo stands firmly in that distinguishedtradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this expanded edition of\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ci\u003eSporting Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Acevedo adds two new masterfulessays--one about the murder of Stanley Ketchel, the other about the ganglandslaying of Battling Siki--to those that made his debut collection an instantclassic. Other highlights include a moving meditation on Muhammad Ali; apenetrating look at the enigmatic Charles \"Sonny\" Liston; and a vivid profileof Mike Tyson, which brilliantly conjures the Boy King's late 1980s reign ofterror. Acevedo also offers many other unforgettable tales from boxing's darkside, featuring Jack Johnson, Joe Frazier, Roberto Duran, Aaron Pryor, JakeLaMotta, and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSporting Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is ultimately a poetic throwback, an uncanny book that evokes journalism's golden age and places Acevedo not only among the best sportswriters of this generation, but of any other as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Foreword: Thomas Hauser\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1: A Ghost Orbiting Forever: Muhammad Ali 1942-2016\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2: Fugitive Days: Jack Johnson in Exile\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3: The Last Goodbye: Remembering the Rivalry Between Roberto Durán and Esteban De Jesús\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4: Right on for the Darkness: On Aaron Pryor 1955-2016\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5: The Catastrophist: The Troubled World of Don Jordan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6: Dark Sun: Remembering Joe Frazier\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7: Strange Days: The Johnny Saxton Story\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8: The Hurting Kind: Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9: Yesterday Will Make You Cry: The Short, Tragic Career of Davey Moore\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10: Under Saturn: Johnny Tapia 1967-2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11: Total Everything Now: Mike Tyson, 1988\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12: The Windfall Factor: The Night Bert Cooper Almost Beat Evander Holyfield for the Heavyweight Title\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13: Red Arrow: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14: The Dark Corner: The Furious Life of Jake LaMotta\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15: A Young Old Man: The Tragic Life of Ad Wolgast\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16: The Lightning Within: Tony Ayala, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17: No Exit: Eddie Machen\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18: One Long Season in Hell: On Michael Dokes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19: Lightning Express: The Quick Rise and Even Quicker Fall of Al Singer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20: Live Forward, Learned Backward: Mike Quarry and the \"Quarry Curse\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21: Leftover Life to Kill: Who Will Remember Carmelo Negron?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Busy World: The Murder of Stanley Ketchel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Too Far from Home: Battling Siki Comes to America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51060510228753,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51060512817425,"sku":"NIN9781949590593","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1949590593.jpg?v=1750868293"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-acevedo-carlos.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}