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GIVE HIM TO THE ANGELS: THE STORY OF HARRY GREB

GIVE HIM TO THE ANGELS: THE STORY OF HARRY GREB

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Biography of the Pittsburgh pugilist Harry Greb (1894-1926), World Middleweight Champion and American Light Heavyweight Champion. In total, during his 13 year career, he took 299 fights, the highlight being when he beat Gene Tunney in 1922. He had a reputation as a tough and uncompromising fighter with a love for riotous living outside the ring.

8vo. 184pp. Frontispiece. Dust-wrapper, very good. [Hartley, 640]

Date
1946
Publisher
New York: Smith & Durrell
Author
James FAIR

£90.00 (Code: 75582)

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