The Great Prize Fight - Softcover
Describing the most outrageous boxing match in history, this account provides the exciting details of the Englishman Tom Sayers and American John Heenan's legendary 1860 fight. "The Great Fight" was the sensation of its time, involving sportsmen, thieves, and citizens all thrilled by the bare-knuckled punches. Exploring both men's lives and the colorful world around them, from scratch to finish, from the Victorian sporting life to the sleazy world of gamblers and politicians, this enthralling story gives all the dramatic details of a seminal moment in boxing history.
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Alan Lloyd is the author of more than 30 books, including Destroy Carthage, Marathon, and The Taras Report on the Last Days of Pompeii.
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"Lloyd is a first-rate popular historian who knows how to tell a story and make it not merely interesting but engrossing. [This book] is a really splendid piece of popular history." —The New York Times
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- PublisherSouvenir Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0285637053
- ISBN 13 9780285637054
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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