Sparring with Hemingway : And Other Legends of the Fight Game by Budd Schulberg (1995, Hardcover)

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PublisherDee Publisher, Ivan R.

ISBN-101566630800

ISBN-139781566630801

eBay Product ID (ePID)1100373

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Book TitleSparring with Hemingway : and Other Legends of the Fight Game

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBoxing, General, History

Publication Year1995

GenreLiterary Criticism, Sports & Recreation

AuthorBudd Schulberg

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN94-049153

Reviews"Schulberg knows precisely where the nuts and bolts of boxing fit into place." -- The New York Times " Sparring with Hemingway goes the distance." -- Chicago Tribune

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal796.8/3

SynopsisBudd Schulberg's love affair with boxing began when he was twelve, when he saw his first bouts at the Hollywood Legion. Over the years, between novels, he was Sports Illustrated's first boxing editor and covered title fights for Playboy, Esquire, Newsday, and the New York Post. This new book collects the best of Mr. Schulberg's reportage on the Sweet Science, from Benny Leonard to Muhammad Ali to George Foreman. In addition to pieces on the great fights and great fighters of the last seventy-five years, Mr. Schulberg offers reflections on the social history of the fight game; the mystique of the heavyweight championship; the seamy side of the boxing business; and his own sparring match with Ernest Hemingway, when two aficionados of prizefighting had a verbal go at each other. Throughout, Mr. Schulberg is a pleasure to read and a passionate defender of an often maligned sport. "Boxing and civilization--any civilization--stand in delicate balance," he writes. "But if our civilization is indeed declining and if it finally falls, it will not be because Joe Louis clobbered Schmeling or took the measure of Billy Conn. Or because Ali made Bad Sonny Liston quit in his corner. Or because Joe Frazier landed a tremendous, humbling left hook on the controversial jaw of gallant braggadocio Muhammad Ali.", The best of Mr. Schulberg's reporting on the sweet science, from Benny Leonard to Muhammad Ali to George Foreman, including reflections on the social history of the fight game, the mystique of the heavyweight championship, the seamy side of the business, and his own sparring match with Papa. A crowd-pleaser all the way. --Chicago Tribune. Belongs on the same shelf with the real heavyweights--A. J. Liebling, W. C. Heinz, and Hugh McIlvanney. --Allen Barra, New York Times Book Review, Budd Schulberg's love affair with boxing began when he was twelve, when he saw his first bouts at the Hollywood Legion. Over the years, between novels, he was Sports Illustrated 's first boxing editor and covered title fights for Playboy, Esquire, Newsday , and the New York Post . This new book collects the best of Mr. Schulberg's reportage on the Sweet Science, from Benny Leonard to Muhammad Ali to George Foreman. In addition to pieces on the great fights and great fighters of the last seventy-five years, Mr. Schulberg offers reflections on the social history of the fight game; the mystique of the heavyweight championship; the seamy side of the boxing business; and his own sparring match with Ernest Hemingway, when two aficionados of prizefighting had a verbal go at each other. Throughout, Mr. Schulberg is a pleasure to read and a passionate defender of an often maligned sport. "Boxing and civilization-any civilization-stand in delicate balance," he writes. "But if our civilization is indeed declining and if it finally falls, it will not be because Joe Louis clobbered Schmeling or took the measure of Billy Conn. Or because Ali made Bad Sonny Liston quit in his corner. Or because Joe Frazier landed a tremendous, humbling left hook on the controversial jaw of gallant braggadocio Muhammad Ali.", The best of Mr. Schulberg's reporting on the sweet science, from Benny Leonard to Muhammad Ali to George Foreman, including reflections on the social history of the fight game, the mystique of the heavyweight championship, the seamy side of the business, and his own sparring match with "Papa." "A crowd-pleaser all the way."--Chicago Tribune. "Belongs on the same shelf with the real heavyweights--A. J. Liebling, W. C. Heinz, and Hugh McIlvanney."--Allen Barra, New York Times Book Review.

LC Classification NumberGV1125.S36 1995