Joe Louis
Subtitle: heavyweight champion
By: Robert Jakoubek.
Series: Black Americans of achievement
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Louis, Joe, 1914-  -- Juvenile literature.; Louis, Joe, 1914-; Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Boxers (Sports); African Americans -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: A biography of Joe Louis describing his youth in a Detroit ghetto, his rise to heavyweight champion and major sports hero, and his role in destroying the myth of racial inferiority.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124).