Raging Bull
Peter La Motta Jake w Joseph and Savage
ISBN 10: 0553139819 ISBN 13: 9780553139815
Published by Bantam Books, 1981
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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
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.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Raging Bull
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket