{"product_id":"sporting-blood-carlos-acevedo-9781949590593","title":"Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing - Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book may cement [Acevedo's] status as one of today's best boxing journalists.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoxing has one of the richest literary traditions in sports. From A. J.\u003cbr\u003eLiebling to Donald McRae, the sweet science has consistently inspired great\u003cbr\u003ewriting. The work of Carlos Acevedo stands firmly in that distinguished\u003cbr\u003etradition.In this expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eSporting Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Acevedo adds two new masterful\u003cbr\u003eessays--one about the murder of Stanley Ketchel, the other about the gangland\u003cbr\u003eslaying of Battling Siki--to those that made his debut collection an instant\u003cbr\u003eclassic. Other highlights include a moving meditation on Muhammad Ali; a\u003cbr\u003epenetrating look at the enigmatic Charles \"Sonny\" Liston; and a vivid profile\u003cbr\u003eof Mike Tyson, which brilliantly conjures the Boy King's late 1980s reign of\u003cbr\u003eterror. Acevedo also offers many other unforgettable tales from boxing's dark\u003cbr\u003eside, featuring Jack Johnson, Joe Frazier, Roberto Duran, Aaron Pryor, Jake\u003cbr\u003eLaMotta, and more.Sporting Blood is a poetic throwback, a singular book that evokes\u003cbr\u003ejournalism's golden age and places Acevedo among the best sportswriters of his\u003cbr\u003egeneration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForeword: Thomas Hauser \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1: A Ghost Orbiting Forever: Muhammad Ali 1942-2016 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2: Fugitive Days: Jack Johnson in Exile \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e3: The Last Goodbye: Remembering the Rivalry Between Roberto Dur疣 and Esteban De Jes俍 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e4: Right on for the Darkness: On Aaron Pryor 1955-2016 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e5: The Catastrophist: The Troubled World of Don Jordan \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e6: Dark Sun: Remembering Joe Frazier \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e7: Strange Days: The Johnny Saxton Story \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e8: The Hurting Kind: Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e9: Yesterday Will Make You Cry: The Short, Tragic Career of Davey Moore \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e10: Under Saturn: Johnny Tapia 1967-2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e11: Total Everything Now: Mike Tyson, 1988 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e12: The Windfall Factor: The Night Bert Cooper Almost Beat Evander Holyfield for the Heavyweight Title \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e13: Red Arrow: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e14: The Dark Corner: The Furious Life of Jake LaMotta \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e15: A Young Old Man: The Tragic Life of Ad Wolgast \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e16: The Lightning Within: Tony Ayala, Jr. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e17: No Exit: Eddie Machen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e18: One Long Season in Hell: On Michael Dokes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e19: Lightning Express: The Quick Rise and Even Quicker Fall of Al Singer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e20: Live Forward, Learned Backward: Mike Quarry and the \"Quarry Curse\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e21: Leftover Life to Kill: Who Will Remember Carmelo Negron?\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. The Busy World: The Murder of Stanley Ketchel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Too Far from Home: Battling Siki Comes to America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Acevedo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949590593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949590593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hamilcar Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90h x 8.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Carlos Acevedo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075022287103,"sku":"9781949590593","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83145bf5-93eb-4ebd-b4dd-f468a33a56bd.jpg?v=1685457150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sporting-blood-carlos-acevedo-9781949590593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}