Unbeaten
Subtitle: Rocky Marciano's fight for perfection in a crooked world
By: by Mike Stanton
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press Large Print Bill's bookshelf; Thorndike Press large print Bill's bookshelf
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 689
ISBN-13: 9781432853143
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Large type books; Boxers (Sports); Biography
Description: "The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded heavyweight champions like Louis, Dempsey, Ali, and Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. A classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant."--Goodreads.com.
Notes: "Published in 2018 by arrangement with Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC/Henry Holt and Company"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-669).
Table of contents: title: Prologue : two funerals; title: The terrific three; title: Brawler in the brig; title: Rocky Mack; title: Suzie Q's Broadway debut; title: Timmmberrr!; title: A good dream and a hard fall; title: The octopus; title: Requiem for a heavyweight; title: Twelve inches to glory; title: The lion and the lamb; title: The mongoose and the mob; title: America's guest; title: The fiftieth fight; title: Epilogue : ghosts; title: Appendix : Rocky Marciano's professional ring record.