{"product_id":"hard-luck-steve-springer-9781599219967","title":"Hard Luck: The Triumph and Tragedy of Irish Jerry Quarry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of boxing legend Jerry Quarry has it all: rags to riches, thrilling fights against the giants of the Golden Age of Heavyweights (Ali--twice, Frazier--twice, Patterson, Norton), a racially and politically electric sports era, the thrills and excesses of fame, celebrities, love, hate, joy, and pain. And tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003eLike the man he fought during two highly controversial fight cards in 1970 and '72--Muhammad Ali--boxing great Jerry Quarry was to suffer gravely. He died at age fifty-three, mind and body ravaged by Dementia Pugilistica.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHard Luck, \u003c\/i\u003e \"Irish\" Jerry Quarry comes to life--from his \u003ci\u003eGrapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e days as the child of an abusive father in the California migrant camps to those as the undersized heavyweight slaying giants on his way to multiple title bouts and the honor of being the World's Most Popular Fighter in '68, '69, '70, and '71. The story of Jerry Quarry is one of the richest in the annals of boxing, and through painstaking research and exclusive access to the Quarry family and its archives, Steve Springer and Blake Chavez have captured it all.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Springer, Blake Chavez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1599219964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781599219967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Steve Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938584297727,"sku":"9781599219967","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c0027e4b-3418-43f6-b126-b2ea6f50398b.jpg?v=1681436552","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-luck-steve-springer-9781599219967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}