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Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s
Peter Benson
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Description for Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s
Paperback. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. This is a biography Siki. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 photographs, index. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
This is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.
This is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288882
SKU
V9781557288882
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About Peter Benson
Peter Benson is professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University, the author of Black Orpheus, Transition, and Modern Cultural Awakening in Africa, and an avid boxing fan.
Reviews for Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s
No man ever came out of Africa who had a more dramatic life or had a more tragic ending." - Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, at Siki's funeral "That extraordinary Sengalese." - Henry Miller, from Plexus "Ever since colonialism has existed, the Whites have been paid to bash in the faces of the Blacks. For once a Black has ... Read more