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Author : William Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Joe Louis, My Champion written by William Miller and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African-American boy idolises world champion prize-fighter Joe Louis as a boxer and a role model.
Author : Randy Roberts
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300168853
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Joe Louis written by Randy Roberts and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “humbling, inspiring . . . deeply emotional” biography of the boxing legend who held the heavyweight world championship for more than eleven years (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Known as the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title an astonishing twenty-five times. Through the 1930s, he got more column inches of newspaper coverage than President Roosevelt. At a time when the boxing ring was the only venue where black and white could meet on equal terms, Louis embodied Black America’s hope for dignity and equality. And in 1938, his politically charged defeat of German boxer Max Schmeling made Louis a national hero on the world stage. Through meticulous research and first-hand interviews, acclaimed biographer Randy Roberts presents a complete portrait of Louis and his outsized impact on sport and country. Digging beneath the simplistic narratives of heroism and victimization, Roberts reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and whose relationships with both the black and white communities—including his relationships with mobsters—were deeply complex. “Roberts is a fine match with his subject. He supports with powerful evidence his contention that Louis’s impact was enormous and profound.” —The Boston Globe
Author : Matt de la Peña
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0147510619
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (475 download)
Download or read book A Nation's Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis written by Matt de la Peña and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnificent, inspiring story of an AMERICAN SPORTS HERO, by Newbery Award-winning author Matt de la Pena. On the eve of World War II, African-American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more at stake than just the world heavyweight title. For much of America, their fight came to represent America’s war with Germany. This elegant and powerful picture book biography centers on this historic fight in which the American people came together to celebrate our nation’s founding ideals. New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award Booklist Editor's Choice Best Books of 2011 School Library Journal Best Books of 2011
Author : Joe Louis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880015325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Joe Louis, My Life written by Joe Louis and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in his own words, the story of boxer Joe Louis--one of the greatest sports figures of this century--encompasses all the excitement of his career and some of the best fight descriptions ever published. Drugs, women, business failures, the collapse of his first marriage, battles with the U.S. government over taxes--these and other personal conflicts are recounted with startling candor and honesty.
Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786459077
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Joe Louis written by Lew Freedman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title was the most prominent non-team sports competitor.) In addition, Louis helped bridge the gap of understanding between whites and blacks. During World War II he not only raised money for Army and Navy relief and entertained millions of troops as a morale officer, but became a symbol of American hope and strength. This biography of Louis outlines his rise from poverty in Alabama to become the best-known African American of his time and describes how an uneducated man, simple at his core, became so articulate and ended up on the side of right in the battles he fought, with fist or voice.
Author : Joe Louis
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Joe Louis, My Life written by Joe Louis and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1978 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of the boxer known as the Brown Bomber, who became heavyweight champion of the world in 1937.
Author : Trinka Hakes Noble
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1534146172
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)
Download or read book A Fist for Joe Louis and Me written by Trinka Hakes Noble and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy's father teaches him how to box. Their hero is the famous American boxer Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit. But the Great Depression has come down hard on the economy. Detroit's auto industry is affected and thousands of people lose their jobs, including Gordy's father. When his mother takes on work with a Jewish tailor, Gordy becomes friends with Ira, the tailor's son, bonding over their shared interest in boxing and Joe Louis. As the boys' friendship grows, Gordy feels protective of Ira, wanting to help the new boy fit in. At the same time, America is gearing up for the rematch between Joe Louis and the German boxer, Max Schmeling. For many Americans this fight is about good versus evil (US against Nazi Germany). Against the backdrop of the 1938 Fight of the Century, a young boy learns what it means to make a stand for a friend.
Author : Angela D. Martin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 154629256X
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Glory written by Angela D. Martin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Glory is a compelling sequel to the book To Thine be The Glory. It reveals in more detail social issues previously touched upon in the book and discuses valuable lessons to be learnt. The book frequently references scripture passages in order to illuminate, validate and provide essential tools to aid in life. It discusses hard facts regarding developing a relationship with God, attitudes towards money, divorce and breakdowns within the family units. This book is a must read for married couples, singles, families, Christians and people seeking to know their lifes purpose. You will not be able to put this book down, but constantly be using it as a reference manual.
Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453235442
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Save Me, Joe Louis written by Madison Smartt Bell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two small-time thieves get in over their heads in this literary thriller from the “virtuoso novelist” and author of Soldier’s Joy (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Not quite at home in the backwoods of Tennessee, and even less suited for the service, drifter Macrae lands on his feet in New York City in the 1980s. There, he teams up with a petty thief named Charlie, and the two hit on a scheme to rob people withdrawing money at ATMs. Caught up by their surprising success, they move on to bigger crimes. But as Macrae feels a growing discomfort with the increasing violence and danger of their hardscrabble existence, he wonders if he’s in too deep to make a clean break. With a tightly orchestrated and harrowing conclusion from “one of our most talented novelists . . . This meticulously observed story nevertheless grips us with its lucid prose, its keen psychological insights and the author’s respect for his troubled characters” (Publishers Weekly). “A remarkable read.” —The New York Times Book Review “Bell seems to know intimately the seedy sides of New York, Baltimore and the ex-urban south of housing developments and shopping centers abutting old, dying farms. He renders each locale exquisitely and seems as familiar with street jive as redneck vernacular.” —Los Angeles Times “Ripe for translation to the silver screen.” —Library Journal
Author : Max Schmeling
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Max Schmeling written by Max Schmeling and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schmeling's heavyweight championship bouts with Joe Louis in the late 1930s were great fights, but they were also political events--Louis, an American black, versus the German Schmeling, a representative of Hitler's master race. At 92, Schmeling may be the last living person to have conversed with Franklin Roosevelt, Hitler, Pope Pious XII, and Marlene Dietrich. It's all here, in this detailed account of the boxer's life through the end of World War II. Perhaps the most interesting part of the story is the way time has altered the boxer's point of view. When he lost the second Louis fight, he thought it was the most devastating event of his life. But now he realizes that, had he won that fight, he would have become the paramount symbol of Hitler's Third Reich. Though he was a patriot, Schmeling could not reconcile himself to Hitler's racial and religious persecution. This is a fascinating, humble autobiography, of interest as much for the times in which the subject lived--and the people he knew-as for the subject himself.
Author : Patrick Myler
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781559707893
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Ring of Hate written by Patrick Myler and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Recreating the drama of their momentous bout, the author traces the lives of both fighters before and after the fight, including Schmeling's efforts in Nazi Germany to protect Jewish friends and the boxers' surprising friendship in the post-war years. In Ring of Hate he offers the saga of two decent human beings drawn together by their chosen profession and divided by the cruel demands of competing nations."--Jacket.
Author : John Florio
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250155754
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book War in the Ring written by John Florio and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s black boxing champion. Hitler’s favorite athlete. And a world at war. Joe Louis was born on an Alabama cotton patch and raised in a Detroit ghetto. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a way out and a way up. Little did they know someday they would face each other in a pair of battles that would capture the imagination of the world. In America, Joe was a symbol of hope to a nation of blacks yearning to participate in the American dream. In Germany, Max was made to symbolize the superiority of the Aryan race. The two men climbed through the ropes with the weight of their countries on their shoulders—and only one would leave victorious. The battles waged between Joe and Max still resonate today. War in the Ring is the story of these two outsized heroes, their lives, their careers, and the global conflict swirling around them.
Author : John Dickson
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310572002
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Humilitas written by John Dickson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humility, or holding power loosely for the sake of others, is sorely lacking in today’s world. Without it, many people fail to develop their true leadership potential and miss out on genuine fulfillment in their lives and their relationships. Humilitas: A Lost Key to Life, Love, and Leadership shows how the virtue of humility can turn your strengths into true greatness in all areas of life. Through the lessons of history, business, and the social sciences, author John Dickson shows that humility is not low self-esteem, groveling, or losing our distinct gifts. Instead, humility both recognizes our inherent worth and seeks to use whatever power we have at our disposal on behalf of others. Some of the world’s most inspiring and influential players have been people of immense humility. The more we learn about humility, the more we understand how essential it is to a satisfying career and personal life. By embracing this virtue, we will transform for good the unique contributions we each make to the world.
Author : Joe Louis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Life Story, by Joe Louis written by Joe Louis and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joe Buck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101984570
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Lucky Bastard written by Joe Buck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New York Times bestselling memoir, the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the country—including the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched, historic, Chicago Cubs–winning World Series—reveals why he is one lucky bastard. Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere: broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, calling the World Series every year, announcing the Super Bowl every three years. They know his father, Jack Buck, is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Louis. Yet they have no idea who Joe really is. Or how he got here. They don’t know how he almost blew his career. They haven’t read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era. They don’t know how hard he can laugh at himself—or that he thinks some of his critics have a point. And they don’t know what it was really like to grow up in his father’s shadow. Joe and Jack were best friends, but it wasn’t that simple. Jack, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for almost fifty years, helped Joe get his broadcasting start at eighteen. But Joe had to prove himself, first as a minor league radio announcer and then on local TV, national TV with ESPN, and then finally on FOX. He now has a successful, Emmy-winning career, but only after a lot of dues-paying, learning, and pretty damn entertaining mistakes that are recounted in this book. In his memoir, Joe takes us through his life on and off the field. He shares the lessons he learned from his father, the errors he made along the way, and the personal mountain he climbed and conquered, all of which have truly made him a Lucky Bastard.
Author : Robert Sharenow
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062076922
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The Berlin Boxing Club written by Robert Sharenow and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sydney Taylor Award-winning novel Berlin Boxing Club is loosely inspired by the true story of boxer Max Schmeling's experiences following Kristallnacht. Publishers Weekly called it "a masterful historical novel" in a starred review. Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew; after all, he's never even been in a synagogue. But the bullies at his school in Nazi-era Berlin don't care that Karl's family doesn't practice religion. Demoralized by their attacks against a heritage he doesn't accept as his own, Karl longs to prove his worth. Then Max Schmeling, champion boxer and German hero, makes a deal with Karl's father to give Karl boxing lessons. A skilled cartoonist, Karl has never had an interest in boxing, but now it seems like the perfect chance to reinvent himself. But when Nazi violence against Jews escalates, Karl must take on a new role: family protector. And as Max's fame forces him to associate with Nazi elites, Karl begins to wonder where his hero's sympathies truly lie. Can Karl balance his boxing dreams with his obligation to keep his family out of harm's way? Includes an author's note and sources page detailing the factual inspirations behind the novel.
Author : Budd Lynch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book My Life written by Budd Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
