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Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in The 1920s
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Hardcover
1 edition from Univ of Arkansas Pr (November 1, 2006)
9781557288165 | details & prices | 420 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $32.50
About: An in-depth biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing follows the life and career of boxer Siki, from his youth in Senegal, to his World War I service, his remarkable boxing career, and the high-living that led to his shooting death in New York City in 1925 at the age of twenty-eight.
About: An in-depth biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing follows the life and career of boxer Siki, from his youth in Senegal, to his World War I service, his remarkable boxing career, and the high-living that led to his shooting death in New York City in 1925 at the age of twenty-eight.
Paperback
New edition from Univ of Arkansas Pr (July 1, 2008)
9781557288882 | details & prices | 343 pages | 5.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Battling Siki (1887–1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway.
About: Battling Siki (1887–1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway.