Guadalcanal: island ordeal (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Campaign book no. 14)

Kent, Graeme

Ballantine War Book

Since Pearl Harbor the Japanese had been advancing remorselessly. Guam, Hong Kiong, the Philippines, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, Rabaul, Bougainville; all had fallen. Then Guadalcanal... the turning point. For six months the battle raged. A Japanese general maintained that the Japanese army lay buried in the graveyard of Guadalcanal.

Guadalcanal: Island Ordeal (The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II)

Pan/Macmillan

In Sydney, Australia, in 1908 the brash and talented black fighter Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship of the world from the Canadian Tommy Burns. There was an immediate storm of protest. Writers, including Jack London, and politicians feared the accession of the fearless and outspoken Johnson would threaten white supremacy. It was predicted - accurately - that his reign would lead to civil unrest and race riots. 
Over the next seven years, more than thirty fighters lured by the prospect of fame and a quick buck sought to regain the title from the black champion. Their stories - tragic, humorous and often deeply moving - were soon emblazoned across the headlines of thousands of newspapers. The stumbling would-be fighters emerged from farms, factories, mines, jails and hobo jungles to take part in one of the most bizarre epochs in the history of boxing and to add a new phrase to the English language, the White Hopes. In the process they were handled by some of the most venal and corrupt managers and promoters ever to be found outside a prison exercise yard.

The Great White Hopes: The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Sutton Pub Ltd

In 1908 talented black US fighter Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship of the world from the Canadian Tommy Burns. There was an immediate storm of protest. Writers, including Jack London, and politicians feared the accession of the fearless and outspoken Johnson would threaten white supremacy. It was predicted f{ accurately f{ that his reign would lead to civic unrest and race riots. Over the next seven years, more than 30 white fighters tried to beat Jackson, lured by the prospect of fame and a quick buck. It was not until 1915 that Jackson lost his crown, and during the years in between an extraordinary human drama was played out on the boxing world stage. Graeme White tells the full story of the Great White Hopes for the first time.

Boxing has a long and eventful history and its drama, excitement and humor are covered in this fascinating account of the noble—and sometimes ignoble—art all over the world. It covers the bare-knuckle days when the Duke of Cumberland callously abandoned his protégé Jack Broughton when the latter could no longer fight on because he was blind as well as the famous fight in 1964, when the charismatic Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston with a "phantom punch" that no one in the audience saw thrown. It also highlights the advent in the 21st century of the dreaded "Beast from the East," the 7-foot-tall Russian Nikolai Valuev who powered his inexorable way to the world heavyweight title. This book presents a vivid picture of the sport rightly referred to as the hardest game

The Little Book of Boxing

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

The History Press

The Public Library (In the High Street)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division

This volume brings together the strangest fights of boxing history and folklore, covering a period of over 250 years.

Boxing's Strangest Fights: Incredible but True Encounters from over 250 Years of Boxing History

Robson Book Ltd

King Solomon's Mines

Haggard, H.Rider

Children's Books

Brimax Books, Ltd.

Collection of Animal Stories

Brimax Books

Devil-Devil: A Sister Conchita and Sergeant Kella Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Soho Crime

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