Battling Siki

A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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This is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-07-30
Mått170 x 222 x 26 mm
Vikt543 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor360
FörlagUniversity of Arkansas Press
ISBN9781557288882

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No man ever came out of Africa who had a more dramatic life or had a more tragic ending." - Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, at Siki's funeral"That extraordinary Sengalese." - Henry Miller, from Plexus"Ever since colonialism has existed, the Whites have been paid to bash in the faces of the Blacks. For once a Black has been paid to do the same thing to a White." - Ho Chi Minh, from About Siki"One of the most comprehensive and intriguing boxing biographies in recent memory, and deserves high marks for refurbishing the image of a worthwhile and worthy champion." - Peter Ehrmann, The Ring"Has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy set in the Roaring Twenties." - Thomas Hauser, author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times"A tremendous book and useful to understanding race, sports, and crime in the 1920s." - Sport History Review