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02790aam a2200433 i 4500 001 971C725A794811EE8DD2691B42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231102012453 008 231031s2022 mduaf a 001 0aeng 010 $a 2021057512 020 $a 1538153580 020 $a 9781538153581 035 $a (OCoLC)1262799035 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d IDO $d JNE $d OJ4 $d TP7 $d FHP $d HUL $d YDX $d OCL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 084 $a BIOG $b MAR 100 1 $a Martin, Christy, $d 1968-, $e author. 245 10 $a Fighting for survival $h [Book] : $b my journey through boxing fame, abuse, murder, and resurrection / $c Christy Martin and Ron Borges. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2022]. 300 $a xi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 33.00 504 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Foreword -- Dead on the floor -- Coal miner's daughter -- The thing we carry, the things we hide -- How'd I get myself into a toughman contest? -- "Want to box, girl?" -- Meeting my mentor... and my menace -- What kind of proposal was that? -- Enter Don King -- The fight that legitimized me and women's boxing -- Bright lights, big city -- Big fights, ear bites -- Chasing a million dollar payday... and not getting it -- On boxing: it's not about violence; it's about self-control -- All done with Don King but not with fighting, inside and outside the ring -- Down for the count and ashamed of how I got there -- No place to run, no place to hide -- Sex, drugs and videotapes -- A champion again, but not for long -- Comeback to nowhere -- One life ends and so does another -- Necessary endings, new beginnings. 520 $a "Christy Martin spent most of her life hiding. For someone who for two decades was the most famous female fighter in the world, that wasn't easy. This book is the extraordinary tale of a female athlete's rise to become the fighter who legitimized women in combat sports and the personal turmoil she hid from the world." -- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Martin, Christy, $d 1968- 650 0 $a Women boxers $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women athletes $v Biography. 650 0 $a Abused women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Victims of family violence. 650 0 $a Self-esteem in women. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. 700 1 $a Borges, Ron, $d 1949-, $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Martin, Christy, 1968- $t Fighting for survival $d Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] $z 9781538153598 $w (DLC) 2021057513 941 $a 2 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024640.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231102013931.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=971C725A794811EE8DD2691B42ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search