A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s

Roger Kahn

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Language: English

Published by Harcourt, 1999

0151002967 / 9780151002962

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From 1919 to 1927, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world. With his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, he was a fighter perfectly suited to the Roaring '20s. In A Flame of Pure Fire, award-winning and renowned sports writer Roger Kahn, a personal friend of Dempsey's, tells the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance. With passion and precision, Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the "Manassa Mauler" but also illustrates how the wild and raucous 1920s shaped Dempsey, and how the champ, in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history. An accomplished and insightful observation on how sports can measure a society's evolution, Roger Kahn finds the heart of America in the story of the most famous athlete of his time, the man John Lardner once called "a flame of pure fire, at last a hero." Former library book. Mylar protector included. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.…

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Title
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
Author
Roger Kahn
Publisher
Harcourt
Publication year
1999
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
Good
Book Type
Ex-Library
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0151002967
ISBN 13
9780151002962

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