Bouts of mania : Ali, Frazier, and Foreman and an America on the ropes
Hoffer, Richard2014
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It lasted not even five years, from the spring of 1971 to the autumn of 1975. But if you were in the middle of it, the hysteria might have seemed unending. Call it an accident of history: these three men - Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman - converging in a single space, their five fights giving us an irreproducible pandemonium. Each stands for a kind of defiance or maybe foolishness that still make sense today. 'Bouts of Mania' shows how these three fighters provided reassurance to a shattered country that such fundamental if sometimes elusive qualities of courage and determination still mattered.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles Library | Adult Non Fiction | 796.830922 HOFHardback | Available |
Main title:
Bouts of mania : Ali, Frazier, and Foreman and an America on the ropes / Richard Hoffer.
Author:
Hoffer, Richard, author
Imprint:
London : Aurum Press, 2014.London : Aurum Press, 2014.
Collation:
vi, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo Press.Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
ISBN:
9781781310984 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.830922
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1538920