SPARRING WITH HEAMINGWAY AND - Softcover

Budd Schulberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861050720 ISBN 13: 9781861050724

Publisher: Robson Books Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

The best of Mr. Schulberg's reporting on the sweet science, from Benny Leonard to Muhammad Ali to George Foreman, including reflections on the social history of the fight game, the mystique of the heavyweight championship, the seamy side of the business, and his own sparring match with "Papa." "A crowd-pleaser all the way."-Chicago Tribune. "Belongs on the same shelf with the real heavyweights-A. J. Liebling, W. C. Heinz, and Hugh McIlvanney."-Allen Barra, New York Times Book Review.

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Review:

Schulberg knows precisely where the nuts and bolts of boxing fit into place. The New York Times Sparring with Hemingway goes the distance. Chicago Tribune

From the Back Cover:

Budd Schulberg's love affair with boxing began when he was twelve, when his father took him to the fights at the Hollywood Legion. Over the years, between his celebrated novels and screenplays, he has been Sports Illustrated's first boxing editor and covered title bouts for Playboy, Esquire, Newsday, and the New York Post. Sparring with Hemingway collects for the first time the best of Mr. Schulberg's "takes" on the Sweet Science, from "The Great" Benny Leonard to Muhammad Ali to George Foreman: memorable personalities and their unforgettable fights. Mr. Schulberg is a passionate fan as well as an expert observer (of boxing and human nature), and his stories capture the sights, sounds, and sometimes even the smells of the fight game. Along with vivid pieces on the great fights and the great fighters of the last seventy-five years, Mr. Schulberg offers reflections on the social history of boxing, explores the mystique of the heavyweight championship, rails against the seamy side of the boxing business, and recalls his celebrated sparring match with Ernest Hemingway, when two aficionados of "the game" had a verbal (verging on physical) go at each other. In the opinion of anxious onlookers, "Papa bullied him all over the ring but finally quit between rounds".

About this edition

• Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1861050720
• ISBN 13: 9781861050724
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256