Jacobs Beach The Mob, the Garden and the Golden Age of Boxing |
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| Author:
| Mitchell, Kevin |
| Foreword by:
| Stanton, Mike |
| ISBN: | 978-1-949590-03-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Hannibal Boxing Media LLC
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| Imprint: | Hamilcar Publications |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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The gripping tale of boxing's golden age when the mob held as much sway in the ring as the fighters, from award-winning writer, Kevin Mitchell.New York in the Fifties was the most interesting, the most vibrant city in the world. As American culture burst into life -- it gave us television, beatniks, rock 'n roll, Marilyn and Elvis, Cold War paranoia, the Pill -- New York was its epicentre. New York gave the world a couple of other things too: one bloody and brutal but the king of...
More DescriptionThe gripping tale of boxing's golden age when the mob held as much sway in the ring as the fighters, from award-winning writer, Kevin Mitchell.New York in the Fifties was the most interesting, the most vibrant city in the world. As American culture burst into life -- it gave us television, beatniks, rock 'n roll, Marilyn and Elvis, Cold War paranoia, the Pill -- New York was its epicentre. New York gave the world a couple of other things too: one bloody and brutal but the king of sports, the other simply bloody and brutal. The Fifties were boxing's last real heyday. Never again would the sport be so glamorous or so popular. And that's where New York's other gift to the world -- the Mob -- came in.