Battling Siki
| Author | : Peter Benson |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2008-07-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1557288887 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781557288882 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (882 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Battling Siki by : Peter Benson
Download or read book Battling Siki written by Peter Benson and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
