<p>Jack Dempsey's first trip to Nevada came as he clung to the underbelly of a train, a dangerous practice known as riding the rods and utilized by those too poor to purchase a ticket for one of the passenger cars. In later years, Dempsey, the heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, returned to a hero s welcome with newspapermen, children and divorcees following his every move. Many people are surprised to learn that Dempsey once called Nevada home. Little remains to commemorate that time other than the yellowed archives of Nevada newspapers and the memories of a handful of old-timers. The fact is, Dempsey left footprints all over the Silver State. A new writer Guy Clifton, Dempsey In Nevada is an untold chapter in Nevada s history and an untold story in the life of one of the great sports figures of the 20th Century. Dempsey helped usher in the era referred to as The Golden Age of Sport. Along with baseball's Babe Ruth, football's Red Grange, golf's Bobby Jones and tennis'</p>

Dempsey in Nevada

Biographies & Memoirs

Guy Clifton

Historical

Jack Bacon & Company

<p>Nevada Humanities-Based on a series published in the Reno Gazette Journal. "You know You're a Nevadan, If...you can read this book and relate nostalgically to many of the memories preserved here so poignantly. You've eaten an Awful Awful, know where Pizen Switch is or watched the rodeo at Cashman Field, you'll thoroughly enjoy Guy Clifton's second rendition."...Gov. Kenny Guinn</p>

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Nevada Humanities

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Dempsey in Nevada

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