The Manly Art : : Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America / / Elliott J. Gorn.
"It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, most of it quite negative since the whole...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Updated Edition |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Published: 2010.