| #1908054 in Books | Mcfarland | 2012-04-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.90 x1.10 x6.90l,.95 | File Name: 0786465913 | 235 pages |
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Colleen Aycock has followed up her fine biography of Joe Gans with another excellent book about ...|By Pugwash|Colleen Aycock has followed up her fine biography of Joe Gans with another excellent book about a historic boxing figure that few know about. Along with her co-author, she sheds tremendous light on one of the central figures of the nascent and emerging boxing trade.<||Don King, Bob Arum, Oscar De La Hoya, and the like are offspring of 'the man who would be king', George Lewis 'Tex' Rickard, identified by most as the 'Godfather' of the spectacle known today as 'prize fighting'.
This book is another in the ever gr
Whether opening saloons, raising cattle, or promoting sporting events, George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (1870-1929) possessed a drive to be the best. After an early career as a cowboy and Texas sheriff, Rickard pioneered the largest ranch in South America, built a series of profitable saloons in the Klondike and Nevada gold rushes, and turned boxing into a million-dollar sport. As "the Father of Madison Square Garden," he promoted over 200 fights, including some of the most n...
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