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Title details for The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling - Available

The Sweet Science

by A. J. Liebling
Grover Gardner
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This collection of A. J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" brings vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday, including Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, and Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring—a combination that prompted Sports Illustrated to name The Sweet Science the best American sports book of all time.

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  • Release date

    January 1, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481565288
      • File size: 249985 KB
      • Duration: 08:40:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 10-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Grover Gardner is the perfect narrator for this collection of Liebling's New Yorker pieces about boxing, written in the '30s, '40s, and '50s. Featured are Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sandy Sadler, Archie Moore, Rocky Marciano, Jersey Joe Walcott--all fighters of America's "golden age" of pre-television boxing. No one else has ever written so well about this sport. Gardner captures the voices of "know-it-all" New York fight fans and the denizens of the Neutral Corner, a New York City bar owned, tended, and patronized by fighters and their retinue. Gardner's rendition of Tommy Farr, the Welsh heavyweight, alone is worth the purchase price. Those who love boxing, and even those who don't, will enjoy the Liebling-Gardner team. R.E.K. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:10-12

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