{"product_id":"joe-gans-colleen-aycock-9780786439942","title":"Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion","description":"\u003cp\u003e Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of \"scientific\" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round \"Greatest Fight of the Century,\" Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen Aycock, Mark Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786439947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786439942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Colleen Aycock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926036578559,"sku":"9780786439942","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_56daa372-1703-4eaa-b4fa-2340ac3405ac.jpg?v=1681080828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joe-gans-colleen-aycock-9780786439942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}