Author: Michael T. Isenberg

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1994-01-15

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780252064340

A knockout biography of John L. Sullivan that puts the fabled boxing champ squarely in the context of his rough-and-tumble times. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including the scandalous National Police Gazette, Isenberg (History/Annapolis) recounts how Sullivan brawled his way from a working-class background in Boston's Irish ghetto to the top of the prizefighting world.