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THE FIRST BLACK BOXING CHAMPIONS - ESSAYS ON FIGHTERS OF THE 1800S TO THE 1920S

THE FIRST BLACK BOXING CHAMPIONS - ESSAYS ON FIGHTERS OF THE 1800S TO THE 1920S

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Illustrated multi-author compendium covering the great black fighters from the early years of boxing, with attitudes to race emerging as a key theme throughout.

8vo. 294pp. Printed boards. Fine condition. 

Date
2011
Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Author
Colleen AYCOCK and Mark SCOTT (eds.)

£25.00 (Code: 77965)

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