Shadow Box An Amateur in the Ring

From the author of Paper Lion Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout - and brings back this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer. Shadow Box is one of Plimpton's most engaging portraits of professional sport seen through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute hopeful. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it truly means to be a boxer in some of the finest writing of his career.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Plimpton, Plimpton George
• Editore: Yellow Jersey
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2016
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Sport > Sport da combattimento, autodifesa; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie
• EAN: 9780224100236
• ISBN: 978-0-224-10023-6
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.3 cm
• Categorie: Roman, Baseball, Sport, Thriller, Muhammad Ali, sports, South America, Culture, Nature, death, biography, America, Birds, Football, astronomy, Until Friday Night, genetics, Animals, Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biology, Malcolm Gladwell, natural history, Autobiography: sport, Physics, Biography: sport, Boxing, United States of America, USA, Tom Wolfe, Michael Lewis, c 1970 to c 1979, Picture books, sports book, Biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, autobiographies, friday night lights, books for dad, nonfiction books, biography books, sports books, sports biographies, sport books, sports gifts, king of the world david remnick, hugh mcilvanney, boxing books, boxing book, norman mailer the fight