Tag: donald mcrae
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#79: ‘Somebody Ring the Bell!’ by Willie Toweel and Peter McInnes
‘Somebody Ring the Bell!’ is the autobiography of South African professional boxer Willie Toweel, co-authored by Peter McInnes. Willie Toweel, who boxed between 1953 and 1960, is a member (product?) of one of the 20th Century’s most famous boxing families. Willie and several of his brothers were born in South Africa to Lebanese parents, and…
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#27: ‘In Black and White’ by Donald McRae
‘In Black and White – The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens’ by Donald McRae is a brilliantly deep and thorough exploration of the tandem sporting careers and eventual friendship of sporting legends, boxer Joe Louis, and athletics all-rounder Jesse Owens. If you’ve read my previous posts you’ll know just how highly I…
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#22: ‘In Sunshine or in Shadow’ by Donald McRae
‘In Sunshine or in Shadow’ by Donald McRae is a book looking at the history of amateur boxing on both sides of the Troubles in Belfast and Northern Ireland, and the effect which the amateur eventually had on the pro game. Over the past two years Donald McRae has become one of my favourite authors…
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#10: ‘A Man’s World’ by Donald McRae
I LOVE THIS BOOK!! ‘A Man’s World (The Double Life of Emile Griffith)’ by Donald McRae is an utterly absorbing and, at times, distressing account of the life and boxing career of Emile Griffith. The book follows Griffith’s arrival in New York from the Virgin Islands, his beginnings as a boxer, the sad death of…
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#6: ‘Dark Trade’ by Donald McRae
This is the first of what will be several posts about books by Donald McRae. ‘Dark Trade’ is McRae’s exploration of the, often murky, business of boxing and what attracts the fighters who entertain fans of the sport. Some of the sport’s biggest names of the 90s appear throughout, though there is a particular focus…
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