Raging Bull - Softcover

Motta, Jake La

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553139819 ISBN 13: 9780553139815

Publisher: Bantam USA, 1981

Synopsis

The former middleweight world champion recounts the turbulent events of his life from a violent boyhood in the Bronx to his prison term in Florida

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Meet Jake La Motta: thief, rapist, killer. Raised in the Bronx slums, he fought on the streets, got sent to reform school, and served time in prison. Trusting no one, slugging everyone, he beat his wife, his best friends, even the mobsters who kept the title just out of reach. But the same forces that made him criminal - fear, rage, jealousy, self-hate, guilt - combined with his drive and intelligence to make him a winner in the ring. At age 27, after eight years of fighting, he became Middleweight Champion of the World, a hero to thousands. Then, at the peak of success, he fell apart, and began a swift, harrowing descent into nightmare. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all - fights, jails, sex, money - surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized it.

About the Author:

Jake La Motta fought 106 pro bouts, winning 83, 30 by KO. He subsequently owned a night-club in Miami and had character roles in several films and TV programs. He lives in New York City.Joseph Carter is the author of a number of books and magazines and worked on the staffs of Newsweek and the New York Herald Tribune.Peter Savage, an actor, producer, and director, is Jake La Motta's boyhood friend.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam USA
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0553139819
• ISBN 13: 9780553139815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248