Jack Dempsey and the Roaring Twenties
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The Life and Times of a Boxing Icon
Description
Jack Dempsey was an icon of the 1920s when boxing's world heavyweight champion reigned supreme in sport. A one-time hobo and saloon fighter, he packed more thrills into his career than almost any other boxer in history. Tom Myler had the benefit of interviewing Jack in his retirement years and has produced the definitive Dempsey biography.
About the author
Tom Myler is a well-known boxing writer, historian and broadcaster. He has spent a lifetime around the sport, meeting fighters, boxing writers, managers, promoters, trainers, matchmakers and publicists. He has interviewed many great champions and his work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in Ireland, Britain and the USA. This is the fifth book he has published through Pitch Publishing.