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A picture of life in the boxing ring "Few novelists captured the
contradictions of his country so simply or so honestly in the
metaphor of the pure, fatalistic, and merciless community of
bruising."—from the Foreword When The Bruiser was first published
in 1936, almost every reviewer praised Jim Tully's gritty boxing
novel for its authenticity—a hard-earned attribute. Twenty-eight
years before the appearance of The Bruiser, Tully began a career in
the ring, fighting regularly on the Ohio circuit. He knew what it
felt like to step inside the ropes, hoping to beat another man
senseless for the amusement of the crowd. Having won acclaim in the
1920s for such hard-boiled autobiographical novels as Beggars of
Life and Circus Parade, Tully thus became both fighter and writer.
"It's a pip of a story because it is written by a man who knows
what he is writing about," said sportswriter and Guys and Dolls
author Damon Runyon. "He has some descriptions of ring fighting in
it that literally smell of whizzing leather. He has put bone and
sinew into it, and atmosphere and feeling." The Bruiser is the
story of Shane Rory, a drifter who turns to boxing and works his
way up the heavyweight ranks. Like Tully, Shane starts out as a
road kid who takes up prizefighting. While The Bruiser is not an
autobiographical work, it does draw heavily on Tully's experiences
of the road and ring. Rory is part Tully, but the boxers populating
these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends
the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans,
Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney, Frank Moran, and Johnny Kilbane, to
name a few. The book is dedicated to Dempsey, the Roaring Twenties
heavyweight champion, who said, "If I still had the punch in the
ring that Jim Tully packs in The Bruiser, I'd still be the
heavyweight champion of the world today." More than just a riveting
picture of life in the ring, The Bruiser is a portrait of an
America that Jim Tully knew from the bottom up.
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Imprint: |
Kent State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2010 |
First published: |
December 2010 |
Authors: |
Jim Tully
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Foreword by: |
Gerald Early
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Introduction by: |
Paul J Bauer
• Mark Dawidziak
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Dimensions: |
203 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
248 |
Edition: |
Revised ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60635-056-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-60635-056-0 |
Barcode: |
9781606350560 |
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