Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis. This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.

Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion

Biographies & Memoirs

Mark Scott

Colleen Aycock

Community & Culture

McFarland Company

Tex Rickard

McFarland

Nell of the Islands

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Nevis International Books

Mildonian Publisher First Edition (1985) Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Krystonian Adventures

Pat Chandok

Dave Woodward

Mildonian Publishers

Authors Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott have collected their best fiction from the world of boxing, 21 leather-slamming, action-packed short stories, into one affordable book. Stephen Johnson, Denver Boxing Examiner, Examiner.com, writes, “Their latest collaboration…is a fantastic fictional compilation of professional and amateur boxing stories, providing an enjoyable read for both boxers and those who have wondered what it’s like competing in that 20-foot square canvas… “For the Memories,” (is) "a bone-chilling read of what many boxers (and their families) face following a boxing career where most are never more than a foot note.” Tony Triem, boxing historian and former boxer, says, “Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott write a book, all fiction that takes you into the fight, where you can hear the crowds roar and the bells ring, feel the adrenaline rush and your heart pound. A must-have book--it doesn’t matter if you’re a fight fan or not!”

Boxing Short Stories

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

He Fell from the Stars

During a violent thunderstorm, a local farmer witnesses something that he never thought he would see-a meteor crashes into his field, and soon after, a creature crawls out of it. The farmer is left alive even after he accidently shoots the creature. A few months later, a former Army veteran, Dale Charles, and his lifelong friend and Army comrade, Brecht Morehouse, are attacked by this mysterious creature while on a hunting trip. During the assault, Brecht is killed. With no evidence of the creature's existence, Dale is sent to prison. During the next few years, and after several encounters and aggressive attacks by humans, the once-peaceful creature, who was sent here to do research, has developed a taste for violence. After a full-out assault and the destruction of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the creature meets with the leaders of the United States and informs them of his race's intentions. Now the world must fight to survive.

Page Publishing, Inc.

Krystonia III

Mildonain Ltd.

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