Floyd Patterson
Subtitle: the fighting life of boxing's invisible champion
By: W. K. Stratton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780151014309
Subjects: SPORTS & RECREATION / History; Biography; SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing; African American boxers; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports; Boxers (Sports); HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Description: Documents the inspiring story of the civil rights activist, Olympic gold medalist and history's youngest World Heavyweight Champion, placing his career against a backdrop of boxing's golden age while analyzing misunderstood aspects of his character.