Bibliograph

Joe Louis, Hard Times Man, Randy Roberts

Type

Label

Joe Louis, Hard Times Man, Randy Roberts

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Joe Louis

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Randy Roberts

Sub title

Hard Times Man

Summary

Known as the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title an astonishing twenty-five times. Through the 1930s, he got more column inches of newspaper coverage than President Roosevelt. At a time when the boxing ring was the only venue where black and white could meet on equal terms, Louis embodied Black America's hope for dignity and equality. And in 1938, his politically charged defeat of German boxer Max Schmeling made Louis a national hero on the world stage. Through meticulous research and first-hand interviews, acclaimed biographer Randy Roberts presents a complete portrait of Louis and his outsized impact on sport and country. Digging beneath the simplistic narratives of heroism and victimization, Roberts reveals an athlete who carefully managed his public image, and whose relationships with both the black and white communities-including his relationships with mobsters-were deeply complex

Target audience

adult

Classification