Onion Picker Carmen Basilio and Boxing in The 1950s

Name: Onion Picker Carmen Basilio and Boxing in The 1950s
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ISBN: 9780815681755

ISBN-10: 0815681755

ISBN-13: 9780815681755

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gary B. Youmans

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Carmen Basilio: "Nobody could ever change my mind about being a boxer. My mother had a fit. 'Get rid of that dirty rotten game' she'd say all the time. I'd say, 'Ma, that's what I want to be... that's what I want to do and I am going to be a world champion. I am going to pay off your mortgages and you aren't going to owe anybody anything.' If I didn't do anything the rest of my whole career I did that for my mother and father. I took them out of debt. When I made enough money boxing I walked into the house, and I laid down the mortgage and the deeds. My dad had tears in his eyes." Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.36" wide x 9.26" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



The Onion Picker



The Early Years



The Formation of a Monster



Getting Down to Business



A Sugar Meltdown and the "Keed" Comes to Town



The Gray



Locker Room Stories



1954



"Mr. Blood and Guts" Meets "Mr. Blood and Guts"



Chicago Justice



Taking Care of Business



Training Camps and Boxing Gyms



1957



1958



Between Rounds


Epilogue


The Essence of Carmen Basilio


Roll Call


Career Statistics, 56-16-7


Bibliography