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Title: Resurrection of an Era as well as a Career
Review: Sports fans have been blessed with a number of quite readable books in the past decade, and this ranks right up there with the best of them. The author recreates an entire era when boxing was the king of sports and then tells one of the most amazing stories in the annals of the ring. And while the book is comprehensive, it is not a difficult read -- so I'd even recommend it as a gift for the sports fan who usually doesn't do more than ESPN: The Magazine.My grandfather grew up in New York City's immigrant neighborhoods and boxed as a young man. He lived the life described in the book, and he attended major prize fights in NYC for decades. This book filled out some historical figures and events my grandfather used to tell me about, with both the hardship/drudgery of boxing anonymity and the glamour of boxing fame.
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