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The Main Event

Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip

The Main Event( )
Author: Davies, Richard O.
Series title:Shepperson Ser. in Nevada History Ser.
ISBN:978-0-87417-938-5
Publication Date:Apr 2014
Publisher:University of Nevada Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $29.95
Book Description:

Richard O. Davies won Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Bronze Medal in Sports for The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip. Davies' book was chosen as one of the best indie books of 2014.  As the twentieth century dawned, bare-knuckle prizefighting was transforming into the popular sport of boxing, yet simultaneously it was banned as immoral in many locales. Nevada was the first state to legalize it,...
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Pages:288



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