A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting
- ISBN-10
- 1555847358
- ISBN-13
- 9781555847357
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-02-19
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
- Author
- Sam Sheridan
Description
This “whirling, no-holds-barred,” national bestselling memoir of mixed martial arts by the author of The Fighter’s Mind is “adrenaline-addled and addictive” (Playboy). In A Fighter’s Heart, former merchant marine and Harvard graduate Sam Sheridan shares a “fascinating” first-person account of his life inside the world of professional MMA fighting “and his behind-the-scenes access makes for a gripping read” (Sara Cardace, The Washington Post). In 1999, after a series of adventurous jobs—construction at the South Pole, ranching in Montana, and sailing private yachts around the world—Sheridan found himself in Australia with time to finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. After training in Bangkok at the legendary Fairtex Gym, Sheridan stepped through the ropes for a professional bout, embarking on an epic journey to discover what only a fighter can know about fear, violence, and most of all, himself. From small-town Iowa to the beaches of Rio, from the streets of Oakland to the arenas of Tokyo, Sheridan trained, traveled, and fought with Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions. This chronicle offers an insightful look at violence as a spectator sport, as well as a dizzying account of what it’s like to hit—and be hit by—some of the best fighters in the world.
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Other editions
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- 2008-01-21
- 320 pages
- Paperback
- Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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- 2009-04-01
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- Atlantic Books Ltd
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