My Life and Battles
“In this lively and entertaining book, one of the most controversial figures of the twentieth century pulls back the curtain to tell us, in his own words, his side of the Jack Johnson story. It’s part playful, part boastful, part self-defensive, but it’s always insightful and an important piece of sports and cultural history that has been missing up to now.”"Christopher Rivers gives a revealing look at Jack Johnson when he was at the top of his profession. It is Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson wanted the world to see him—proud, humorous, defiant, and not too concerned with literal truth, or why he should scrape and bow to the mundane world of facts. He was, after all, his own creation.”“Of all American boxers, there has been no one like Jack Johnson. Surely this extraordinary man is the most eloquent of all, and, with Archie Moore, the most intelligent. Chris Rivers is to be commended for so capably translating this remarkable document.”