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Sweet thunder : the life and times of Sugar Ray Robinson / Wil Haygood.

Author/creator Haygood, Wil author.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Description461 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Prologue : Round midnight -- 1921-1942 : Say goodbye to Walker Smith Jr. -- 1943-1944 : Sugar Ray's uniform -- 1945-1946 : Esquire men -- A lovely setup for the old man -- 1947 : Killer -- 1942-1951 : An opera in six brutal acts -- 1951 : Around (a part of) the world in fifty days -- 1952 : Dreams -- 1953-1954 : The very thought of you onstage -- 1954-1956 : Greatness again -- 1960-1962 : Battling -- 1963-1966 : Autumn leaves -- 1967-1989 : Saving all those Walker Smith juniors.
Abstract From the author of the critically acclaimed "In Black and White" comes another illuminating narrative in which Haygood explores one of the 20th-century's most iconic figures of the fight game, Sugar Ray Robinson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 421-425) and index.
LCCN 2009005534
ISBN9781400044979
ISBN1400044979

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks GV1132.R6 H39 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold