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02416cam a2200409 a 4500 001 D4B517202B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20160209020829 008 070710s2007 ctua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2007028401 020 $a 0275999645 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780275999643 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d UKM $d YDXCP $d IXA $d LMR $d OTP $d IOJ $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV1132.J7 $b A3 2007 082 00 $a 796.83092 $2 22 082 14 $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Johnson, Jack, $d 1878-1946. 245 1 $a My life and battles / $c by Jack Johnson ; edited and translated by Christopher Rivers ; foreword by Geoffrey C. Ward. 260 $a Westport, Conn. : $b Praeger, $c 2007. 300 $a xxi, 127 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a Translation and amalgam of the 1914 autobiography Mes combats and autobiographical articles that originally appeared in La vie au grand air in 1911. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a I enter the world -- My first experience in the ring -- The tragic comic story of a Black preacher, a little colored boy, and a bottle of gin -- I arrive in Boston -- My beginnings in the noble art -- I go into politics -- Joe Choynski teaches me what a knockout is -- I fight for beans! -- My old friend Sam McVey -- Two formidable opponents : Marvin Hart and Sam Langford -- I make some New Year's resolutions -- I go to Australia -- I go kangaroo hunting -- I meet up with Bill Lang and send old man Fitzsimmons off to dreamland -- In pursuits of Tommy Burns -- I am champion of the world! -- I defend my title -- The boxer as man of the world -- Stanley Ketchel's terrific right! -- Mr. Jeffries' pretensions -- The fight of my life -- Who will be the winner? -- I begin training -- I set up camp in Reno -- The end of Mr. J.J. Jeffries. 546 $a Translated from the French. 600 10 $a Johnson, Jack, $d 1878-1946. 650 0 $a Boxers (Sports) $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American boxers $v Biography. 700 1 $a Rivers, Christopher. 700 1 $a Johnson, Jack, $d 1878-1946. $t Mes combats. 730 0 $a Vie au grand air. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824034615.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D4B517202B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOJInitiate Another SILO Locator Search