Joe Louis
-
Joe Louis
By Randy RobertsDazed and hurt, Campbell struggled through several more rounds, but in the fifth Baer trapped him against the ropes and scored with a series of hard punches. Too late the referee stopped the contest. Unconscious, Campbell slumped slowly ...
-
Joe Louis: The Life of a Heavyweight
By Lew FreedmanThe distance from Lafayette was approximately 10 miles and the farmhouse was on County Road 50. He was named after his father's brother-in-law, Joe Louis Nichols. Record-keeping in that backwoods area was sketchy and not even Louis was ...
-
Joe Louis: Sports and Race in Twentieth-Century America
By Marcy S. SacksThis insightful study offers a fresh perspective on the life and career of champion boxer Joe Louis.
-
Joe Louis: 50 Years an American Hero
By Joe Louis Barrow, Barbara MunderThe son of the legendary "Brown Bomber" presents the surprising private side of the fighter, weaving into the account reminiscences from siblings, former wives, trainers, opponents, and sportswriters.
-
Joe Louis: The Rise and Fall of the Brown Bomber
By Thomas MylerJoe Louis was one of boxing's all-time greats.
-
Joe Louis: Black Champion in White America
By Chris MeadAcclaimed as "stunning" by Kirkus Reviews, this is perhaps the best biography of the popular pugilist, recounting his triumphs and tragedies against the background of America in the 1930s and '40s. Includes 14 photographs.
-
Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope
By Richard BakWhen Joe Louis (1914–1981) knocked out the German boxer Max Schmeling in 1938 in two minutes and four seconds, the entire nation—black and white—celebrated the "fight of the century" as a victory of the United States against the ...
-
Joe Louis: America's Fighter
By David A. AdlerHe won 50 of his 54 fights as an amateur. The book describes the successes and tribulations of Joe¿s career, esp. his defeat of German fighter Max Schmeling in 1938, with Europe on the brink of war.
-
Joe Louis
By Rugio VitaleA biography of the beloved heavyweight champion.
-
Joe Louis: The Life of a Heavyweight
By Lew FreedmanWidely reported over the years, though questionable in reality, a story was often told that a North Carolina black man convicted of murder and on his way to his execution cried out, “Save me, Joe Louis!” Joe Louis, black people felt, ...