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03140aam a22004458i 4500 001 0B46559A3DAE11EA975B1F3897128E48 003 SILO 005 20200123010030 008 190425t20202020txua b s001 0beng c 010 $a 2019019899 020 $a 147731976X 020 $a 9781477319765 035 $a (OCoLC)1096460494 040 $a TxU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d IKM $d ZPP $d OCO $d JTH $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV1132.F65 $b S65 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 086 $a Z UA380.8 SM51no $2 txdocs 100 1 $a Smith, Andrew R. M., $e author. 245 10 $a No way but to fight : $b George Foreman and the business of boxing / $c Andrew R.M. Smith. 246 3 $a George Foreman and the business of boxing 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Austin : $b University of Texas Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 365 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue : crossroads -- Fruits of the fifth ward -- Corpsman's call -- God bless the puncher -- Eatin' money -- Sculpting George Foreman -- Better must come -- I ain't no dog -- Superman's evil twin -- Man without a country -- To the mountains of the moon -- I don't run because I don't have to -- You got to have a boss -- A gangster's game -- Jesus rode on a jackass -- Man of La Mancha -- Epilogue : unscripted. 520 $a Olympic gold medalist. Two-time world heavyweight champion. Hall of Famer. Infomercial and reality TV star. George Foreman's fighting ability is matched only by his acumen for selling. Yet the complete story of Foreman's rise from urban poverty to global celebrity has never been told until now. Raised in Houston's "Bloody Fifth" Ward, battling against scarcity in housing and food, young Foreman fought sometimes for survival and other times just for fun. But when a government program rescued him from poverty and introduced him to the sport of boxing, his life changed forever. In No Way but to Fight, Andrew R. M. Smith traces Foreman's life and career from the Great Migration to the Great Society, through the Cold War and Culture Wars, out of urban Houston and onto the world stage where he discovered that fame brought new challenges. Drawing on new interviews with George Foreman and declassified government documents, as well as more than fifty domestic and international newspapers and magazines, Smith brings to life the exhilarating story of a true American icon. No Way but to Fight is an epic worthy of a champion. --Publisher 600 10 $a Foreman, George, $d 1949- 650 0 $a Boxers (Sports) $z United States $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports. 941 $a 4 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200505020035.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200303014812.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20200208011127.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200123010135.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B46559A3DAE11EA975B1F3897128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search