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The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America | 
 enlarge | Author: Elliott J. Gorn
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 36946
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0801495822
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.830973
EAN: 9780801495823
ASIN: 0801495822
Publication Date: June 1989
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Condition: CHARITY SALE!! Good condition, light reading wear, price sticker on the front, underlining on a few pages. 100% of the proceeds benefit the literacy efforts of Books for America.
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 Try "Bare Fists" instead. July 11, 2008
Mark Easter (Independence,MO)
This book was ok but after reading Bare Fists by Bob Mee this was a bit of a letdown. I highly recommend Mr. Mee's book on the bare knuckle era both for writing style and content. If you liked this book then pick up a copy of "Bare Fists".
 The Bible of the Early American Prize Ring April 12, 2000
Raymond Miller (Columbia, SC)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The most scholarly treatise of the early prize ring in America that has ever been written. Elliott Gorn picks up where Pierce Egan and Nat Fleischer left off as the premier chronicler of boxing's illustrious past. This book covers every facet of bare-knuckle prizefighting during the days when men such as "Yankee" Sullivan, John Morrissey, and John L. Sullivan ruled the ring. From "The First American Champions" and "The Meanings of Prizefighting" to "Triumph and Decline" and "The End of the Bare-Knuckle Era": this great work describes what boxing was really like when men fought to a finish and many fights were winner take all.
The Manly Art is first rate. July 1, 1999
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an excellent, well researched piece that historians will enjoy. Lots of detail, all well placed in the context of the times.
Fascinating History of 19th century Bare-Knuckled Fighting June 24, 1997
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book not only reports on facts (like
dates, fighters, places, etc.), but also on the
whole milieu of bare-knuckled prize fighting.
It helps to explain what would drive men to
participate in a pastime that was both brutal and outlawed. A great read for history buffs as well as boxing fans.
I highly recommend it
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