Battling Siki : A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s Paperback / softback
by Peter Benson
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This is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper.
Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway.
Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:360 pages, 15 photographs, index
- Publisher:University of Arkansas Press
- Publication Date:30/07/2008
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- ISBN:9781557288882
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:360 pages, 15 photographs, index
- Publisher:University of Arkansas Press
- Publication Date:30/07/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9781557288882