(Mobile ebook) Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown
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| #3747535 in Books | 2012-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.35 x.62 x5.26l,.67 | File Name: 080324004X | 240 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| More of a good story than a boxing book|By Peter|While this is listed as a boxing book, boxing is a side issue to the main story.
Shelby was a small town in Montana in 1923 who decided that they wanted to be bigger and prosperous. How could they do this quickly? Claim to be bidding for the biggest sporting event in the world at the time, the World's Heavyweight Cham||"A simply marvelous book by author Jason Kelly detailing the tale of a little-known Montana mining town trying to break into the sporting world big leagues by promoting a heavyweight championship fight featuring the immortal Jack Dempsey."--"USA Boxing News"-
In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, declining real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were dimming the little town’s prospects of becoming the “Tulsa of the West.” Then the mayor’s son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey’s next fight. What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen. Shelby’s Folly... [PDF.gn14] Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown Rating: 3.63 (526 Votes)
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown | Jason Kelly.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
