Articles liés à WHEN PITTSBURGH WAS A FIGHT TOWN

WHEN PITTSBURGH WAS A FIGHT TOWN - Couverture souple

McHugh, Roy

 
9781070264035: WHEN PITTSBURGH WAS A FIGHT TOWN
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1070264032 ISBN 13 : 9781070264035
Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Award-winning sports journalist Roy McHugh covered boxing in Pittsburgh from 1947 until his retirement in 1983. "When Pittsburgh was a Fight Town" combines his memories from his time on the boxing beat with the wonderful stories imparted to him by the numerous fighters he spent time with. Harry Greb, Billy Conn, Fritzie Zivic, Charley Burley, Sammy Angott and Teddy Yarosz are just a small sampling of the numerous greats receiving space in this book; not to mention stories involving many other colorful characters who helped make the local scene what it was during the Golden Age of the sport. You can have no better tour guide through this unique and entertaining world than Roy McHugh, a humble sportswriter who believed that listening was always more important than talking and thus, was able to absorb and retain the startling amount of detailed anecdotal information that he shares in this book.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Award-winning sports journalist Roy McHugh covered boxing in Pittsburgh from 1947 until his retirement in 1983. "When Pittsburgh was a Fight Town" combines his memories from his time on the boxing beat with the wonderful stories imparted to him by the numerous fighters he spent time with. Harry Greb, Billy Conn, Fritzie Zivic, Charley Burley, Sammy Angott and Teddy Yarosz are just a small sampling of the numerous greats receiving space in this book; not to mention stories involving many other colorful characters who helped make the local scene what it was during the Golden Age of the sport. You can have no better tour guide through this unique and entertaining world than Roy McHugh, a humble sportswriter who believed that listening was always more important than talking and thus, was able to absorb and retain the startling amount of detailed anecdotal information that he shares in this book.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Independently published
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1070264032
ISBN 13 
9781070264035
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author
https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us

c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy
Luxembourg
L-1855
Luxembourg