Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
Subtitle: Boxing's First World Middleweight Champion
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781476677644
Subjects: Dempsey, jack, 1895-1983; Boxers (sports); United states, biography
Description: "Hall of Fame middleweight prizefighter John Edward Kelly, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, was one of the most popular athletes during the late 19th century. His story is rich--full of amazing highs and terrible lows. His violent profession, alcoholism, mental illness, and tuberculosis left little to recognize of the valiant hero of so many battles"--