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Product Description: Through most of the Roaring â20s, 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 his time. In A Flame of Pure Fire, renowned sports writer Roger Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the Manassa Mauler, but also illustrates how the tumultuous 1920s shaped Dempsey, and how the champ in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history...read more
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9781501279850 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, August 11, 2015), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Through most of the Roaring â20s, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world.
Through most of the Roaring â20s, 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 his time. In A Flame of Pure Fire, renowned sports writer Roger Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the Manassa Mauler, but also illustrates how the tumultuous 1920s shaped Dempsey, and how the champ in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history. The extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance, A Flame of Pure Fire is "an exhaustively researched and colorful portrait of an American great.â â The San Diego Union-Tribune âOne doesnât have to be a fan of boxing to be enthralled by this story of a nice guy who didnât finish last.â â The New Yorker
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9781423377818 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, July 15, 2009), cover price $99.97
9781423377832 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, July 15, 2009), cover price $44.97 | About this edition: Through most of the Roaring â20s, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world.
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