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          Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring

          Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring

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          From the author of Paper Lion Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist.

          From the author of Paper Lion

          Stepping into the ring a...

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          Product ID:9780224100236
          Product Form:Paperback / softback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:Shadow Box
          Subtitle:An Amateur in the Ring
          Authors:Author: George Plimpton
          Page Count:368
          Subjects:Biography: sport, Biography: sport, Boxing, Boxing
          Description:Select Guide Rating
          From the author of Paper Lion Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist.

          From the author of Paper Lion

          Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout – and brings back this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer.


          Shadow Box is one of Plimpton’s most engaging portraits of professional sport seen through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute hopeful. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it truly means to be a boxer in some of the finest writing of his career.


          Imprint Name:Yellow Jersey Press
          Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2016-08-04

          Additional information

          Weight262 g
          Dimensions193 × 124 × 24 mm