Jacobs Beach by Kevin Mitchell
Gangsters have been around boxing for ever, but 1950s New York was special. Most of the decade's major fights took place in the city, at boxing's spiritual home, Madison Square Garden. This book tells the story of those times and that place.
"This is a tour de force of reportage and research by an author who really knows his stuff" Independent on Sunday "Wonderfully evocativeThe author...has a powerful style, as punchy as some of the matches he describes" Telegraph on Sunday "Kevin Mitchell, an award-winning Fleet Street sports writer, tells brilliantly the story of that dark and shameful period" The Sun "He is the connoisseur of both the dark and glorious sides of the ring game" Telegraph
Kevin Mitchell is the Observer's chief sports writer. He is the author of War, Baby, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and the co-author of Frank Bruno's autobiography Frank, which won the Best Autobiography category of the British Sports Book Awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224075107 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224075101 |
| Title | Jacobs Beach |
| Author | Kevin Mitchell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Biography 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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