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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.830973 EAN: 9780374272272 ISBN: 0374272271 Label: North Point Press Manufacturer: North Point Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 29, 2004 Publisher: North Point Press Release Date: September 09, 2004 Studio: North Point Press Features:
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 Rating:  - Gets tiring.This is some of the collected writings of AJ Liebling, a writer who penned articles for the US newspapers and magazines of yesteryear. Liebling is a good writer and one can tell that he has a strong liking for the sport of boxing and more importantly, the boxers themselves. His articles in this book are readable but do tend to have a certain similarity after a time, and I found myself reading the first half of the book quite closely but from then on my interest waned and I started skimming ... Read More Rating:  - Old time boxing.Good trip down memory lane. Boxing was the king of sport. Great perspectives on the careet of Joe Louis and the rise of Rocky M. Rating:  - Sweet writingSports Illustrated designated "The Sweet Science" the best book about sports ever written in the Western World and I agree with that assessment. Author Abbott Joseph Liebling was as fine a writer as American journalism ever produced and his favorite subject was "The Sweet Science" of prizefighting in its golden era. Liebling wrote for The New Yorker (not known for its sports coverage) and he renders the boxing world (including its characters, cynicism and lingo-ese) with clarity and uncommmon eloquence. ... Read More Rating: - Cut-rate Mencken but still entertaining...If you like boxing and reading, then you are truly a rara avis. But if you do happen to belong to such a tiny cohort, then this book should provide a couple hours' entertainment. Liebling tries too hard to emulate H.L. Mencken's style, and he doesn't have the chops for it...but, at the same time, he knows how to describe the action inside the ring. (Not as well as Jack London, but well enough.) At all times, you sense the depth of his love for boxing. Another reason to recommend this ... Read More Rating: - Rest In Peace;Floyd....The late,great Floyd Patterson,who became the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it,is as good a reason as any to name a book about boxing,'The Sweet Science'.In this particular case,'A.J. Liebling's masterpiece about boxing(mostly in the fifties)was voted the best sports book ever, by Sports Illustrated.The incredibly colorful characters Liebling focuses on would be hard to beat by any writer in any field,even if he may not have gotten all of it right.For example,he seems to actually get ... Read More 
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