{"product_id":"battling-siki-a-tale-of-ring-fixes-race-and-murder-in-the-1920s-9781557288882","title":"Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first biography of the controversial and misunderstood African boxer, now in paper. Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson's lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo man ever came out of Africa who had a more dramatic life or had a more tragic ending.\" - Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, at Siki's funeral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That extraordinary Sengalese.\" - Henry Miller, from \u003ci\u003ePlexus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ever since colonialism has existed, the Whites have been paid to bash in the faces of the Blacks. For once a Black has been paid to do the same thing to a White.\" - Ho Chi Minh, from \u003ci\u003eAbout Siki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most comprehensive and intriguing boxing biographies in recent memory, and deserves high marks for refurbishing the image of a worthwhile and worthy champion.\" - Peter Ehrmann, \u003ci\u003eThe Ring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy set in the Roaring Twenties.\" - Thomas Hauser, author of \u003ci\u003eMuhammad Ali: His Life and Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tremendous book and useful to understanding race, sports, and crime in the 1920s.\" - \u003ci\u003eSport History Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50075547107671,"sku":"9781557288882","price":18.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781557288882.jpg?v=1740635433","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/battling-siki-a-tale-of-ring-fixes-race-and-murder-in-the-1920s-9781557288882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}