James J. Corbett: A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner - Couverture souple

Fields, Armond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786409096 ISBN 13 : 9780786409099

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2001

Synopsis

When he died in 1933, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was honored by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing public, who celebrated him as America's greatest boxing champion, and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one of Broadway's top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He became America's first national sports hero and went on to formulate the theater world's star system.

This is the first definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, and who also knocked out audiences who flocked to see him in vaudeville and silent pictures. The focus herein is on the real man, the influences on his life, and the social and commercial environment within which he functioned. The author reveals that Corbett was a complex, driven, enigmatic man whose dedicated participation in popular entertainment changed American social values and mores, and at the same time reinvented the notion of a national hero.

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À propos de l'auteur

The late Armond Fields was a social historian specializing in American popular theater. The author of numerous books about vaudeville and other early theater figures, he lived in Culver City, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786409096
• ISBN 13: 9780786409099
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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