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001 2009923286
003 DLC
005 20100414141010.0
008 090219s2009 ohua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2009923286
020 $a9780578010557 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aGV1132.J4$bC37 2009
100 1 $aCarney, Jim,$cJr.
245 10 $aUltimate tough guy :$bthe life and times of James J. Jeffries /$cJim Carney, Jr.
246 30 $aLife and times of James J. Jeffries
260 $aWestlake, OH :$bAchill Pub.,$c2009.
300 $a308 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 292-300) and index.
520 $aWhen Jim Jeffries won the heavyweight title in 1899, boxers were the most celebrated athletes in America. Icons John L. Sullivan and Gentleman Jim Corbett had preceded him, but Jeffries seemed to be of a different breed--big, strong, and almost freakishly athletic, with the ruggedness of the grizzly bears he hunted on his trips into the wilderness. Big Jim was a brand new kind of American hero, and the heavyweight era he dominated was loaded with a group of great fighters that most boxing historians rank as being unmatched until the "Golden Era" of Ali-Frazier-Foreman in the 1970's. Tearing through his opponents with the ferocity of a force of nature, Jeffries retired undefeated in 1904, but was reluctantly lured back into the ring six years later to take on the first black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, in what was arguably the most controversial sporting event in American history.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aJeffries, James J.,$d1875-1953.
650 0 $aBoxers (Sports)$zUnited States$vBiography.