When he died in 1933, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was honored
by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing
public, who celebrated him as America's greatest boxing champion,
and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one
of Broadway's top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely
instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable
commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He
became America's first national sports hero and went on to
formulate the theater worlds star system. This is the first
definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight
champion John J. Sullivan, and who also knocked out audiences who
flocked to see him in vaudeville and silent pictures. The focus
herein is on the real man, the influences on his life, and the
social and commercial environment within which he functioned. The
author reveals that Corbett was a complex, driven, enigmatic man
whose dedicated participation in popular entertainment changed
American social values and mores, and at the same time reinvented
the notion of a national hero.
General
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2001 |
| First published: |
February 2001 |
| Authors: |
Armond Fields
|
| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
260 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-0909-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-7864-0909-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780786409099 |
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