Buy this book on-line DEMPSEY, BARBARA PIATTELLI - intro by Joseph Durso: : DEMPSEY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JACK DEMPSEYLONDON.W.H. ALLEN,1977. ISBN 0491023014.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.B/w subject portrait photograph by Carl Fischer illustrated upper wrap,critics' reviews rear wrap; with negligible shelf- wear and minimal creasing to edges - no major tears - one small,closed tear to front,bottom edge.Light water-stain to internal foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj
- bds minimally affected however.Top+fore- edges heavily tanned/aged (cheap paper used),contents though,bright,tight and clean with minimal page-edges browning.
Clean,red paper-covered bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,vii-xiiipp+1-320pp includes half- title,double-page,b/w illustrated title page,contents list,3pp intro by Joseph Durso,31 chapters,24pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp112/13,pp176/77 and pp242/43 respectively,and an index.
This is the autobiography of a living legend (then 1977) - Jack Dempsey's own story of his fabulous career inside the ring and out - written with his stepdaughter,Barbara Piattelli Dempsey.
Simply,without pretensions,Dempsey tells
about his early years as a Colorado miner and migrant labourer,his early decision to make capital of his greatest talent - the ability to punch with devastating power - his struggles against poverty and frustration to attain the championship. Here too is Dempsey's highly personal account of his life as a movie star (he maintains a low opinion of his acting ability and deplores his unfortunate,high-pitched voice);his recurring brushes with the law (the slacker trial,divorce complications,Kearns suits,etc.);his Coast
Guard service and experiences as restauranteur.
A parade of colourful people weave in and
out of Dempsey's life - Doc Kearns,Tex Rickard,Gene Fowler,Paul Gallico, Rudolph Valentino,Babe Ruth,Georges Carpentier, Al Capone - movie stars,presidents,gangsters and four glamorous wives.And,for the first time,Dempsey answers often-asked questions and describes his innermost feelings during the dramatic moments of his life - the day he won the championship fight against Jess Willard,Firpo's knocking him out of the ring,the "long count" bout against Tunney,the split with Kearns,the blow when he lost his restaurant.An appealing picture emerges of a typically American folk hero - modest,dedicated, physically gifted,in spite of his spectacular successes,a man of the people. Now 81 (then 1977),Dempsey continues to attract admiration and affection wherever he appears - the last of the great sports heroes of yesterday.
An uncommon title and highly sought after.
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