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Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1678108022
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (781 download)
Download or read book The Slugger's Game, and Vikings of the Gloves (Esprios Classics) written by Robert E. Howard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781406572605
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (726 download)
Download or read book The Slugger's Game, and Vikings of the Gloves written by Robert E. Howard and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It's clear from Howard's earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.
Author : Budd Schulberg
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453261834
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book The Harder They Fall written by Budd Schulberg and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption.” (USA Today). “Toro” Molina certainly looks the part. He’s built like the Minotaur, but few would guess at the fear consuming the Argentine farmer and former circus performer after he’s brought to the United States to be the next heavyweight champion of the world. The problem is that Molina can’t box at all. But monstrous fight promoter Nick Latka fixes every fight on the way to the championship, and builds Toro’s renown with the help of cynical sports journalist Ed Lewis and a host of lackeys. First published in 1947, The Harder They Fall stands as a powerful exposé of professional boxing by one of the sport’s true poet laureates. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Budd Schulberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
Author : Nelson Algren
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609802055
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Devil's Stocking written by Nelson Algren and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Devil’s Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life and death decisions, literary grandmaster Nelson Algren’s last novel is a fitting capstone to a long and brilliant career.
Author : Leonard Gardner
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590178939
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Fat City written by Leonard Gardner and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring -- the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger - their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Ernie into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a dispassionate and composed voice, Gardner narrates their swings of fortune, and the plodding optimism of their manager Ruben Luna, as he watches the most promising boys one by one succumb to some undefined weakness; still, "There was always someone who wanted to fight."
Author : Willy Vlautin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062684485
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Don't Skip Out on Me written by Willy Vlautin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD From award-winning author Willy Vlautin, comes this moving novel about a young ranch hand who goes on a quest to become a champion boxer to prove his worth. Horace Hopper is a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who wants to be somebody. He’s spent most of his life on the ranch of his kindly guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Reese, herding sheep alone in the mountains. But while the Reeses treat him like a son, Horace can’t shake the shame he feels from being abandoned by his parents. He decides to leave the only loving home he’s known to prove his worth by training to become a boxer. Mr. Reese is holding on to a way of life that is no longer sustainable. He’s a seventy-two-year-old rancher with a bad back. He’s not sure how he’ll keep things going without Horace but he knows the boy must find his own way. Coming down from the mountains of Nevada to the unforgiving desert heat of Tucson, Horace finds a trainer and begins to get fights. His journey to become a champion brings him to boxing rings of Mexico and finally, to the seedy streets of Las Vegas, where Horace learns he can’t change who he is or outrun his destiny. Willy Vlautin writes from America’s soul, chronicling the lives of those who are downtrodden and forgotten with profound tenderness. Don’t Skip Out on Me is a beautiful, wrenching story about one man’s search for identity and belonging that will make you consider those around you differently.
Author : Frank Bill
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466836040
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Donnybrook written by Frank Bill and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now A Major Motion Picture The raw and as-insane-as-anticipated first novel from Frank Bill, author of Crimes in Southern Indiana The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring. Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers—drunk and high on whatever's on offer—bet on the fighters. Jarhead is a desperate man who'd do just about anything to feed his children. He's also the toughest fighter in southeastern Kentucky, and he's convinced that his ticket to a better life is one last fight with a cash prize so big it'll solve all his problems. Meanwhile, there's Chainsaw Angus—an undefeated master fighter who isn't too keen on getting his face punched anymore, so he and his sister, Liz, have started cooking meth. And they get in deep. So deep that Liz wants it all for herself, and she might just be ready to kill her brother for it. One more showdown to take place at the Donnybrook. As we travel through the backwoods to get to the Donnybrook, we meet a cast of nasty, ruined characters driven to all sorts of evil, all in the name of getting their fix—drugs, violence, sex, money, honor. Donnybrook is exactly the fearless, explosive, amphetamine-fueled journey you'd expect from Frank Bill's first novel . . . and then some.
Author : Jack London
Publisher : Morang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Game written by Jack London and published by Morang. This book was released on 1905 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rudolfo A. Anaya
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780446365444
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Alburquerque written by Rudolfo A. Anaya and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauded as the father of Chicano storytelling in English, Rudolfo Anaya's work is famed for its cultural resonance and unforgettable characters. Here is one of his richest achievements -- a spellbinding tale of history, place, and destiny ...Nobody knows the real "Alburquerque" like young boxer Abran Gonzalez. A homeboy from the barrio, his world shatters the night he is summoned to the deathbed of his biological mother -- a woman he has never known. He learns he is the son of a wealthy Anglo woman and a father whose identity Abran feels compelled to uncover. Thus begins a passionate quest that will lead him to Alburquerque's highest, and whitest, circles. Confronting greedy businessmen, politicians, and bigots, Abran will battle for the city's future, gain insight into its vanishing past ... and discover his own soul.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007325649
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Black Ajax written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Flashman and in the inimitable George MacDonald Fraser style comes a rousing story of prize fighting in the 19th century.
Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Iron Man written by Robert E. Howard and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iron Man by Robert E. Howard is a collection of three short stories, each with elements related to the world of boxing. Excerpt: "I took Brennon to my open-air ring where Spike Ganlon, a clever middleweight, was working out, and instructed them to step for a few fast rounds. Brennon was eager enough, and I was astonished to see him put up a very fair sort of boxing against the shifty Ganlon. True, he was far out-stepped and out-classed, but that was to be expected, as Ganlon was a rather prominent figure in the fistic world. But I did not like the way Mike sent in his punches. They lacked the old trip-hammer force, and he was slower than I had remembered him to be. However, when I had him slug the heavy bag he flashed his old form, nearly tearing the bag loose from its moorings, and I decided that he had been pulling his punches against Ganlon."
Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022170742
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)
Download or read book The Croxley Master; a Great Tale of the Prize Ring written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling tale of boxing and redemption from legendary author Arthur Conan Doyle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Rumiko Takahashi
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781569311318
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (113 download)
Download or read book One Pound Gospel, Vol. 1 written by Rumiko Takahashi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 1996-08-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kosaku Hatanaka is a pro boxer with promise, but he's also the bane of his coach's existence because Kosaku can't control his appetite, which plays havoc with his weight class. Sister Angela is a young nun that keeps drawing Kosaku's attention. Can her faith help Kosaku win his battle of the gut?
Author : Dee Lillegard
Publisher : Two Lions
ISBN 13 : 9781477847411
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Sitting in My Box written by Dee Lillegard and published by Two Lions. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The box in which all the animals are sitting gets more and more crowded until a hungry flea comes along.
Author : Ivan Vladislavic
Publisher : Archipelago
ISBN 13 : 1939810760
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (398 download)
Download or read book The Distance written by Ivan Vladislavic and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boxing bildungsroman - a collage of memories, love, resistance, and the spectacle of Muhammed Ali in Apartheid South Africa. In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy, Joe, becomes obsessed with Muhammad Ali. He begins collecting daily newspaper clippings about him, a passion that grows into an archive of scrapbooks. Forty years later, when Joe has become a writer, these scrapbooks become the foundation for a memoir of his childhood. When he calls upon his brother, Branko, for help uncovering their shared past, meaning comes into view in the spaces between then and now, growing up and growing old, speaking out and keeping silent.
Author : F. X. Toole
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 145325398X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Million Dollar Baby written by F. X. Toole and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boxing stories that inspired the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film: a New York Times Notable Book from “a heavyweight fiction contender” (Publishers Weekly). F. X. Toole knew boxing. Between bouts, he wrote, and two years before his death he published this collection of stories, giving readers an unprecedented look at the gritty life around the ring. He tells of a cutman with a sweet tooth, young fighters with dreams of celebrity, and a talented boxer who goes to Atlantic City for his biggest bout, only to be humiliated by the prejudices of a callous promoter. In “Million $$$ Baby,” the inspiration for the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film, an aged trainer takes on a female fighter, guiding her through disappointment, pain, and tragedy. And in “Rope Burns,” Toole realizes his epic vision, showing that even the purest fighter can succumb to the pressures of the world outside the sport. Throughout these stories, boxing’s violence is redeemed by the respect these men and women share, as they strap on gloves and prepare their bodies for the ultimate test. This ebook features an illustrated biography of F. X. Toole including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
