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Language: English
Published by North Point Press, 1996
- Softcover
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- Title
- A Neutral Corner: Boxing Essays
- Author
- Liebling, A. J.
- Publisher
- North Point Press
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0865474958
- ISBN 13
- 9780865474956
- Item weight
- 0.7 pounds
A Neutral Corner collects fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written by legendary sportswriter A.J. Liebling between 1952 and 1963.
Demonstrating A.J. Liebling's abiding passion for the "sweet science" of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together previously unpublished material. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker journalist at the top of his form. Here one relives the high drama of the classic Patterson-Johansson championship bout of 1959, and Liebling's early prescient portrayal of Cassius Clay's style as a boxer and a poet is not to be missed.
Liebling always finds the human story that makes these essays appealing to aficionados of boxing and prose alike. Alive with a true fan's reverence for the sport, yet balanced by a true skeptic's disdain for sentiment, A Neutral Corner is an American treasure.
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About the Author
Fred Warner is an emeritus professor at the University of New Mexico.
James Barbour is an emeritus professor at the University of New Mexico.
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