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No way but to fight : George Foreman and the business of boxing / Andrew R.M. Smith

Author
Smith, Andrew R. M.
Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
365 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents
Prologue : crossroads -- Fruits of the fifth ward -- Corpsman's call -- God bless the puncher -- Eatin' money -- Sculpting George Foreman -- Better must come -- I ain't no dog -- Superman's evil twin -- Man without a country -- To the mountains of the moon -- I don't run because I don't have to -- You got to have a boss -- A gangster's game -- Jesus rode on a jackass -- Man of La Mancha -- Epilogue : unscripted.
Summary
Olympic gold medalist. Two-time world heavyweight champion. Hall of Famer. Infomercial and reality TV star. George Foreman's fighting ability is matched only by his acumen for selling. Yet the complete story of Foreman's rise from urban poverty to global celebrity has never been told until now. Raised in Houston's "Bloody Fifth" Ward, battling against scarcity in housing and food, young Foreman fought sometimes for survival and other times just for fun. But when a government program rescued him from poverty and introduced him to the sport of boxing, his life changed forever. In No Way but to Fight, Andrew R. M. Smith traces Foreman's life and career from the Great Migration to the Great Society, through the Cold War and Culture Wars, out of urban Houston and onto the world stage where he discovered that fame brought new challenges. Drawing on new interviews with George Foreman and declassified government documents, as well as more than fifty domestic and international newspapers and magazines, Smith brings to life the exhilarating story of a true American icon. No Way but to Fight is an epic worthy of a champion. --Publisher
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Z UA380.8 SM51no
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ISBN
9781477319765 hardcover ; alkaline paper
147731976X hardcover ; alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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