| Contents |
Prologue: June 22, 1938 -- 1932: Joe's Violin -- Cool as a frozen cucumber -- "Save me, Joe Louis" -- A date with Max Baer -- Fourteen years earlier, Hamburg -- Chasing Dempsey -- Max's rise -- New York City, 1928 -- Foul! -- "We was robbed!" -- "I saw something" -- Joe's training camp -- June 19, 1936 -- The helpless giant -- Meeting with Hitler -- "I won't let my people down" -- Public enemy no. 1 -- "Snus" -- The big night -- The fight -- Max under siege -- "God's side" -- Crawling through rubble -- Hanging up the gloves -- Joe at the bottom -- Max at the top -- This is your life -- Epilogue: "Let's hear it from the champ" -- Forever linked. |
| Abstract |
"...recount[s] the politically and racially charged rivalry between African-American boxing champion Joe Louis and white German boxer Max Schmeling, which grew between their 1936 and 1938 matches. Tracing both men's careers from inception until they hung up their gloves, the authors illuminate how emblematic each was to his country while exploring the social issues of the day."-- Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Audience |
1050 Lexile |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| LCCN | 2018956075 |
| ISBN | 9781250155740 (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1250155746 |
| ISBN | (eBook) |
