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328 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801476082
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 15 April 2010
Description
It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, ...
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328 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801476082
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 15 April 2010
Description
It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, ...