Sweet William :
the life of Billy Conn /
Andrew O'Toole.
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| Summary: | A biography of Billy Conn, a working-class Irishman from Pittsburg who became a national hero in the 1930s and 1940s after winning several lightweight boxing championships, and nearly defeating heavyweight champion Joe Louis. |
| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
c2008.
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| Series: | Sport and society.
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| Notes: | Dust jacket available. See entry for [Miscellaneous dust jackets removed from Stephen Griffin Collection items] in the NLI catalogue. Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-341) and index. Physical description: xi, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9780252032240 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252032241 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| 300 | |a xi, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Sport and society | |
| 500 | |a Dust jacket available. See entry for [Miscellaneous dust jackets removed from Stephen Griffin Collection items] in the NLI catalogue. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-341) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a This is easy -- A kiss from heaven -- I can lick anyone Johnny Ray tells me I can lick -- Like a thief he kept running -- A fistic star is born -- Gone to the fight -- Fighting is my business -- Toast of the town -- That Conn boy talks too much -- Reckless son of Erin -- Where's Billy? -- I'm afraid of no man living -- Mickey Rooney's a sissy -- He can run-- -- Old scores to settle -- "You only get one chance." | |
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