World History
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. This is an interesting book review. It examines this book by Geoffery C. Ward. It gives a good summary of Jack Johnson's life as well.
From the site:
In the later years of his life, Johnson found happiness with his third wife, Irene Pineau Johnson, and he remained in the limelight?watching the rise of future boxing champions like Max Schmeling and Joe Louis (whose stance Johnson said was all wrong) and participating in charity boxing ?matches.? He died in a car accident in 1946 at the age of 68. At Johnson?s funeral, his widow, when asked what is was that she had loved about her husband, replied, ??his courage. He faced the world unafraid. There wasn?t anybody or anything he feared.?
Ward?s biography is an incredibly dense book; every chapter is rich with the details of Johnson?s life and, seemingly, all of his boxing matches. Uppercuts, hooks, and clinches are recreated for the reader from news stories, film reels, and Jack Johnson?s own written accounts.
This book will entertain passionate fans of pugilism, as well as appeal to those interested in American social or journalistic history. Wards includes both copious footnotes and a lengthy bibliography. An extensive index provides quick access to the multitude of boxers, managers, promoters, and public figures documented in the book.
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World History
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. This is an interesting book review. It examines this book by Geoffery C. Ward. It gives a good summary of Jack Johnson's life as well.
From the site:
In the later years of his life, Johnson found happiness with his third wife, Irene Pineau Johnson, and he remained in the limelight?watching the rise of future boxing champions like Max Schmeling and Joe Louis (whose stance Johnson said was all wrong) and participating in charity boxing ?matches.? He died in a car accident in 1946 at the age of 68. At Johnson?s funeral, his widow, when asked what is was that she had loved about her husband, replied, ??his courage. He faced the world unafraid. There wasn?t anybody or anything he feared.?
Ward?s biography is an incredibly dense book; every chapter is rich with the details of Johnson?s life and, seemingly, all of his boxing matches. Uppercuts, hooks, and clinches are recreated for the reader from news stories, film reels, and Jack Johnson?s own written accounts.
This book will entertain passionate fans of pugilism, as well as appeal to those interested in American social or journalistic history. Wards includes both copious footnotes and a lengthy bibliography. An extensive index provides quick access to the multitude of boxers, managers, promoters, and public figures documented in the book.
- Echoes Of 1968
NPR: Echoes of 1968 - The American National Public Radio has a series examining the historic and influential events of 1968. This includes the killings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. It also features the signing of the Civil Rights...
- When Did The American Civil War End? Disney Does Not Know
I watched the Disney movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets the other day. It was a good (but not great) film I enjoyed watching. However, it had a major historical inaccuracy that was not in any way needed to advance the plot which I found annoying....
- Arlo & Janis On The History Channel
I was very amused to see the Arlo & Janis comic strip by Jimmy Johnson in the paper today. It is not only historians who note that the History Channel is not always a font of historical wisdom. The strip reads: Frame 1: (Milo on couch)- History Channel,...
- Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson. This is a nicely done short biography of American President Andrew Johnson. From the site: Andrew Johnson ( December 29 , 1808 - July 31 , 1875 ) was the sixteenth Vice President ( 1865 ) and the seventeenth ( 1865 - 1869 ) President...
- Lyndon Johnson: A Brief Biography
Lyndon Johnson: A Brief Biography This is a biography of the life of President LBJ. It is by me, Miland Brown. From the site: Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines...