Joe Louis : the life of a heavyweight

• Tác giả: Lew Freedman
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780786459070 (softcover : alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 796.83092 Combat sports
• Mô tả vật lý: vi, 245 pages : , illustrations ; , 23 c
• Bộ sưu tập: Kiến trúc, nghệ thuật, hội họa
• ID: 271191
• Chủ đề: 1. African American boxers; 2. Boxers (Sports)--United States

Includes bibliographical references and index

Tóm tắt

"Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. During the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title belt was the most prominent sports competitor not aligned with a team sport. The biography of Louis outlines his rise from poverty to the best-known African American"--Provided by publisher