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A few miles from New Orleans, at LaSalle's Landing - in what is now the city of Kenner - stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. This is the story of Jem Mace's life.

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Gypsy Jem Mace First Heavyweight Champion of the

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    A Paperback / softback by Adrian Besley

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      Publisher Headline Publishing Group
      Published 11 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9780233005034
      978-0233005034
      ISBN-10 023300503X
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      Boxing

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      Book Synopsis
      A few miles from New Orleans, at LaSalle's Landing - in what is now the city of Kenner - stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. This is the story of Jem Mace's life.

      Trade Review
      "A laid-back and beguiling writer." - The Sunday Times "Poolman is a writer of considerable dexterity and razor-sharp insight" - Washington Post

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