From Boxing Ring to Battlefield (eBook)

The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins

Gene Pantalone (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
256 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1675-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is about the extraordinary life of Lew Jenkins, a lightweight boxing champion. Raised in poverty during the Great Depression, Jenkins became a celebrated prizefighter in the late 1930s. After he squandered his winnings, Jenkins found purpose during World War II and the Korean War, earning the Silver Star for his bravery.

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World champion boxer Lew Jenkins fought his whole life. As a child, he fought extreme poverty during the Great Depression; in his twenties, he fought as a professional boxer and became a world champion; and at the pinnacle of his boxing career, Jenkins fought in World War II and the Korean War.From Boxing Ring to Battlefield: The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins details for the first time this extraordinary story. Despite his talent for boxing, Jenkins often fought and trained in drunken stupors. And though he became the world lightweight champion, he soon wasted his ring title and all his money. Unable to find meaning in life at the peak of his boxing success, Jenkins discovered values to which he could cling during World War II and the Korean War. His efforts earned him one of the highest decorations for bravery, the Silver Star. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield features exclusive interviews with Lew Jenkins's son and grandson, providing a personal perspective on the life of this complicated war hero. The first biography of Jenkins, this book will fascinate boxing fans and historians alike.

Autor

Gene Pantalone is an expert on the golden age of boxing—1920 to 1950—and Madame Bey’s boxing camp, which hosted fourteen heavyweight champions and no fewer than eighty International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees. He is a contributing writer to the boxing website The Weigh-In and author of Madame Bey’s: Home to Boxing Legends.

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: A Fighting ManChapter 2: Impoverished BeginningsChapter 3: The Toast of BroadwayChapter 4: A Run at the TitleChapter 5: UnstoppableChapter 6: Just Wanted to Have a Good TimeChapter 7: FallingChapter 8: A Return to ServiceChapter 9: A Past with Jack DempseyChapter 10: A Different Kind of FightChapter 11: Consumed with GuiltChapter 12: Katie Rocks the Boxing WorldChapter 13: A Return from WarChapter 14: Bloody RidgeChapter 15: Heartbreak RidgeChapter 16: EnlightenedChapter 17: A Final FightEpilogueBibliographyAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2018
• Vorwort: John DiSanto
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Illustrations including: - 3 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Bloody Ridge • Boxer • Boxing biography • boxing hall of fame • decorated veteran • Heartbreak Ridge • Henry Armstrong • Jack Dempsey • Korean War • Lou Ambers • Military Biography • military hero • Silver Star • United States Coast Guard • world boxing champion • WWII
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1675-8 / 1538116758
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1675-3 / 9781538116753