Name: Fight of the Century: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (en Inglés)
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Author: Myler, Patrick
ISBN: 9781611456455

portada Fight of the Century: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Patrick Myler

Editorial

Arcade Publishing

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

272

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm

Peso

0.32 kg.

ISBN

1611456452

ISBN13

9781611456455

Categorías

Afroamericanos
Historia social y cultural
Historia del deporte
Boxeo

Fight of the Century: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (en Inglés)

Patrick Myler (Autor) · Arcade Publishing · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Fight of the Century: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (en Inglés)"

"The definitive book" (The Ring) on one of the greatest sports events of the twentieth century, the heavyweight championship bout between America's "Brown Bomber," Joe Louis, and Germany's Max Schmeling. More than the world heavyweight championship was at stake when Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. In a world on the brink of war, the fight was depicted as a contest between nations, races, and political ideologies, the symbol of a much vaster struggle. Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels boasted that the Aryan Schmeling would crush his "inferior" black opponent. President Roosevelt told Louis, his guest at the White House, that "America needs muscles like yours to beat Germany." For Louis, this was also his chance to avenge the only loss in his brilliant career--by a knockout--to the same Max Schmeling two years earlier. 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 two boxers' surprising friendship in the postwar years. In Fight of the Century Myler tells the story of two decent men, drawn together by boxing and divided by the cruel demands of competing nations.