Joe Louis: Hard Times Man by Randy Roberts
Richly researched and utterly captivating, this extraordinary biography presents the full range of Joe Louis' power in and out of the boxing ring.
Joe Louis
Summary
Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title an astonishing twenty-five times and reigned as world champion for more than eleven years. This title reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and whose relationships with both the black and white communities were far more complex than the simplistic accounts of heroism.
Joe Louis Summary
Joe Louis Reviews
"'Roberts takes you ringside as one of the greatest practitioners of 'the Sweet Science' makes history, but he doesn't stop there. He explains the race relations and international politics of the 1930's that, along with his hard punches and no-nonsense style, made Joe Louis immortal.' (Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) 'The author of superb studies of the boxers Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey, Mr. Roberts spins a graceful and reliable narrative of Louis's life. He also gets into the ring with the question: Why did Joe Louis matter so much to so many?' (Wall Street Journal)"
About Randy Roberts
Randy Roberts is Distinguished Professor of History at Purdue University. His previous books include biographies of Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, and John Wayne (all nominated for Pulitzer Prizes); a history of American sports since 1945; and books on Charles Lindbergh, the Mike Tyson trial, and the Vietnam War. He lives in Lafayette, Indiana.
Additional information
GOR004365838
9780300177633
0300177631
Joe Louis: Hard Times Man by Randy Roberts
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Yale University Press
2012-02-03
328
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