Informationen zum Autor Gabe Oppenheim Klappentext In this book,author Gabe Oppenheim examines the rise and fall of boxing in Philadelphia, and how it often mirrored the city's own narrative arc. Throughout, Oppenheim weaves together cultural history, urban studies, and biographical sketches of Philadelphia fighters such as Jimmy Young, Meldrick "The Kid" Taylor, Teon Kennedy, and Mike Jones. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Victims of Their Own Momentum Chapter 1: The Young Chapter 2: The Workers Chapter 3: The Kid Chapter 4: The Dead Part II: New Day Rising Chapter 5: The Worksites Chapter 6: The New Old Scene Chapter 7: The Young Kids Chapter 8: The Alive Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Gabe Oppenheim

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In this book,author Gabe Oppenheim examines the rise and fall of boxing in Philadelphia, and how it often mirrored the city’s own narrative arc. Throughout, Oppenheim weaves together cultural history, urban studies, and biographical sketches of Philadelphia fighters such as Jimmy Young, Meldrick "The Kid" Taylor, Teon Kennedy, and Mike Jones.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Victims of Their Own Momentum
Chapter 1: The Young
Chapter 2: The Workers
Chapter 3: The Kid
Chapter 4: The Dead

Part II: New Day Rising
Chapter 5: The Worksites
Chapter 6: The New Old Scene
Chapter 7: The Young Kids
Chapter 8: The Alive

Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author