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03262aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 A95B696A389611E8B97DB06297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180405010035 008 171004t20182018wvu b 001 0deng d 020 $a 1946684120 020 $a 9781946684127 035 $a (OCoLC)1005123168 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d CDX $d WVU $d JAI $d IEB $d OCLCO $e rda $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-wv 050 4 $a GV1125 $b .S63 2018 100 1 $a Snyder, Todd, $d 1981- $e author. 245 10 $a 12 rounds in Lo's Gym : $b boxing and manhood in Appalachia / $c Todd D. Snyder. 246 30 $a Twelve rounds in Lo's Gym 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Morgantown : $b West Virginia University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 232 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index. 505 0 $a Prelude. Mountain violence -- part I. Corner men : the Eden story of Lo's Gym Boxing Club -- 1. Fighting Noah Milton -- 2. Tough men -- 3. Lo's Gym -- 4. Flex and the rumble on the hill -- 5. Street preacher -- part II. Counterpunchers : parables of Coal Country pugilism -- 6. The unlikely reincarnation story of Rick Cogar -- 7. Jeremiah and the three bears -- 8. Ring girls -- 9. Appalachian underdogs of the squared circle -- part III. Split decisions : stories from the championship rounds -- 10. Prizefighters -- 11. Hillbilly Jefferson -- 12. Premature stoppage -- Dedication : fighting Naton Leslie. 520 $a Questions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture. From Todd Snyder, a first generation college student turned college professor, comes a passionate commentary on these themes in a family memoir set in West Virginia coal country. 12 Rounds in Lo's Gym is the story of the author's father, Mike "Lo" Snyder, a fifth generation West Virginia coal miner who opened a series of makeshift boxing gyms with the goal of providing local at-risk youth with the opportunities that eluded his adolescence. Taking these hardscrabble stories as his starting point, Snyder interweaves a history of the region, offering a smart analysis of the costs--both financial and cultural--of an economy built around extractive industries. Part love letter to Appalachia, part rigorous social critique, readers may find 12 Rounds in Lo's Gym--and its narrative of individual and community strength in the face of globalism's headwinds--a welcome corrective to popular narratives that blame those in the region for their troubles. 650 0 $a Coal miners $z West Virginia $v Biography. 650 0 $a College teachers $z West Virginia $v Biography. 600 10 $a Snyder, Todd, $d 1981- 600 10 $a Snyder, Mike, $d 1959- 650 0 $a Problem youth $z West Virginia $v Biography. 650 0 $a Coal mines and mining $z West Virginia. 650 0 $a Masculinity $z West Virginia. 650 0 $a Boxing $x Social aspects $z West Virginia. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006114813.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180405010215.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A95B696A389611E8B97DB06297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search