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) |
Table of Contents:
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."
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."