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When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age
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Title
When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age / Bruce J. Evensen.
ISBN
087049919X
0870499181 (pbk.)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index.
Contents
Dempsey and the Doctor
Tex and Toledo
Tunney, Dempsey, sports writers, and readers
Hearst, the Colonel, Ochs, and the Captain : Four publishers bid for the fight
The Philadelphia fight
The comeback, the Chicago fight, and the aftermath.
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