Come out swinging :: the changing world of boxing in Gleason's gym /

Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since beco...

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1. Verfasser: Trimbur, Lucia, 1975-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung:Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. Gleason's has also transformed, opening its doors to new members, particularly women and white-collar men. Come Out Swinging is Lucia Trimbur's nuanced insider's account of a place that was once the domain of poor and working-class men of co.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1400846064
9781400846061

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