{"product_id":"at-the-fights-george-kimball-9781598530926","title":"At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing: A Library of America Special Publication","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays by James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, and other beloved American writers on the primal contest in the boxing ring--and the crazy carnival world outside it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From neighborhood gyms and smoke-filled arenas to star-studded casinos and exotic locales, American writers have chronicled unforgettable stories about determination and dissipation, about great champions and punch-drunk has-beens, about colorful entourages and outrageous promoters, and, inevitably along the way, about race, class, and violence in America. Like baseball, boxing has a vivid culture and language all its own, one that has proven irresistible to career journalists and literary writers alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Library of America presents a gritty and glittering anthology of a century of the very best writing and reportage about the fights. Here is Jack London on the immortal Jack Johnson; H. L. Mencken and Irvin S. Cobb on Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier, dubbed \"The Fight of the Century\"; Richard Wright on Joe Louis's historic victory over Max Schmeling; A. J. Liebling's brilliantly comic portrait of a manager who really identifies with his fighter; Jimmy Cannon on the inimitable Archie Moore; James Baldwin and Gay Talese on the haunted Floyd Patterson; George Plimpton on Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X; Norman Mailer on the \"Rumble in the Jungle\"; Mark Kram on the \"Thrilla in Manila\"; Pete Hamill on legendary trainer and manager Cus D'Amato; Mark Kriegel on Oscar de la Hoya; and David Remnick and Joyce Carol Oates on Mike Tyson. National Book Award-winning novelist Colum McCann (\u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e) weighs in with a foreword.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Kimball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598530925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598530926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.37w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2011 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2011 pg. 30","brand":"George Kimball","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047876358399,"sku":"9781598530926","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67c23dfb-eb68-4e04-b45c-68190b4f6823.jpg?v=1684992660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-fights-george-kimball-9781598530926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}