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Unbeaten : Rocky Marciano's fight for perfection in a crooked world
Record details
- ISBN: 1627799192
- ISBN: 9781627799195
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Physical Description:
xii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-366) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Two funerals -- The terrific three -- Brawler in the brig -- Rocky Mack -- Suzie Q's Broadway debut -- Timmmberrr! -- A good dream and a hard fall -- The octopus -- Requiem for a heavyweight -- Twelve inches to glory -- The lion and the lamb -- The mongoose and the mob -- America's guest -- The fiftieth fight -- Epilogue: Ghosts -- Appendix: Rocky Marciano's professional ring record. |
| Summary, etc.: | From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence, a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. His record was a perfect 49-0. Unbeaten is the story of this remarkable champion who overcame injury, doubt, and the schemes of corrupt promoters to win the title in a bloody and epic battle with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952. Rocky packed a devastating punch with an innocent nickname, "Suzie Q," against which there was no defense. As the champ, he came to know presidents and movie stars - and the organized crime figures who dominated the sport, much to his growing disgust. He may have "stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump," as one sportswriter said, but he also fought his own private demons. In the hands of the award-winning journalist and biographer Mike Stanton, Unbeaten is more than just a boxing story. It's a classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant. Like Suzie Q, it will knock you off your feet. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography Marciano, Rocky -- 1923-1969 |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 30 of 30 copies available at All C/W MARS Libraries. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Springfield.
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- 0 current holds with 30 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Springfield Forest Park Branch | 796.83092 MARCIANO Stanton (Text) | 30598006125683 | Adult | Available | - |
| Springfield Main Library | 796.83092 MARCIANO Stanton (Text) | 30598006125451 | Adult | Available | - |
| Springfield Sixteen Acres Branch | 796.83092 MARCIANO Stanton (Text) | 30598006125469 | Adult | Available | - |
