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Author:

Stanton, Mike, 1957- author.

Title:

Unbeaten : Rocky Marciano's fight for perfection in a crooked world / by Mike Stanton.

Edition:

Large Print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

689 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Marciano, Rocky,--1923-1969.
Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
Large type books.

Notes:

"Published in 2018 by arrangement with Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC/Henry Holt and Company"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Prologue : two funerals -- The terrific three -- Brawler in the brig -- Rocky Mack -- Suzie Q's Broadway debut -- Timmmberrr! -- A good dream and a hard fall -- The octopus -- Requiem for a heavyweight -- Twelve inches to glory -- The lion and the lamb -- The mongoose and the mob -- America's guest -- The fiftieth fight -- Epilogue : ghosts -- Appendix : Rocky Marciano's professional ring record.

Summary:

"The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded heavyweight champions like Louis, Dempsey, Ali, and Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. A classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant."--Goodreads.com.

Series:

Thorndike Press Large Print Bill's bookshelf

ISBN:

1432853147
9781432853143

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1037884231

LCCN:

2018022520

Locations:

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)

LNPC975 -- Sergeant Bluff Public Library (Sergeant Bluff)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)