by RandyRoberts (Author)
Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title an astonishing twenty-five times and reigned as world champion for more than eleven years. This title reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and whose relationships with both the black and white communities were far more complex than the simplistic accounts of heroism.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 29 Feb 2012
ISBN 10: 0300177631
ISBN 13: 9780300177633