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Tunney by Jack Cavanaugh
The articulate and attractive boxer Gene Tunney was nothing short of a legend in the roaring 1920s, yet within a few years of retiring from the ring he was all but forgotten. In Tunney, veteran journalist and author Jack Cavanaugh addresses history's slight with a vibrant account of the era centered on Tunney and Dempsey, the gladiators whose two titanic clashes transfixed a nation.
Jack Cavanaugh is a veteran sportswriter whose work has appeared most notably on the sports pages of The New York Times, for which he covered hundreds of assignments over 25 years. He was a news reporter for ABC for five years and CBS for two years, and was an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Cavanaugh is the author of five other books, including Season of '42, Giants Among Men, The Gipper, Damn the Disabilities, Full Speed Ahead!, and Tunney, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in biography. In addition, Cavanaugh has been a frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated and has written for Reader's Digest, Tennis and Golf magazines as well as other national publications. He lives with his wife, Marge, in Connecticut. Pete Dawkins was an All-American halfback for Army who won the 1958 Heisman Trophy and the 1958 Maxwell Award. A Rhodes Scholar, he served with the 82nd Airborne and won two Bronze Stars for valor in Vietnam. After a 24-year career in the Army, he retired as a Brigadier General in 1983 and moved on to a successful business career.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780812967838 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812967836 |
| Title | Tunney |
| Author | Jack Cavanaugh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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