When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age

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Main Author: Evensen, Bruce J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dempsey and the Doctor
  • Tex and Toledo
  • Tunney, Dempsey, sports writers, and readers
  • Hearst, the Colonel, Ochs, and the Captain : Four publishers bid for the fight
  • The Philadelphia fight
  • The comeback, the Chicago fight, and its aftermath.