A Nation's Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Nation's Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis write by Matt de la Peña. This book was released on 2013-12-26. A Nation's Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The magnificent, inspiring story of an AMERICAN SPORTS HERO, by Newbery Award-winning author Matt de la Pena. On the eve of World War II, African-American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more at stake than just the world heavyweight title. For much of America, their fight came to represent America’s war with Germany. This elegant and powerful picture book biography centers on this historic fight in which the American people came together to celebrate our nation’s founding ideals. New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award Booklist Editor's Choice Best Books of 2011 School Library Journal Best Books of 2011
Joe Louis, My Champion
Joe Louis, My Champion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Joe Louis, My Champion write by William Miller. This book was released on 2004. Joe Louis, My Champion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An African-American boy idolises world champion prize-fighter Joe Louis as a boxer and a role model.
Joe Louis
Joe Louis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Joe Louis write by Lew Freedman. This book was released on 2013-04-05. Joe Louis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title was the most prominent non-team sports competitor.) In addition, Louis helped bridge the gap of understanding between whites and blacks. During World War II he not only raised money for Army and Navy relief and entertained millions of troops as a morale officer, but became a symbol of American hope and strength. This biography of Louis outlines his rise from poverty in Alabama to become the best-known African American of his time and describes how an uneducated man, simple at his core, became so articulate and ended up on the side of right in the battles he fought, with fist or voice.
Joe Louis
Joe Louis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Joe Louis write by Richard Bak. This book was released on 1998-08-22. Joe Louis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Joe Louis (1914–1981) knocked out the German boxer Max Schmeling in 1938 in two minutes and four seconds, the entire nation—black and white—celebrated the "fight of the century" as a victory of the United States against the ominous tide of Nazism. Never had an African-American received such universal praise across racial lines. Heavyweight champion for a record twelve years from 1937 to 1949, Louis opened the doors for such future black athletes as Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Muhammad Ali.Joe Louis depicts the prizefighter's life, and the times in which he lived, from his childhood in a sharecropper's cabin in Alabama and his formative years in Detroit, to his legendary career, his service in the Army, his stint as a professional wrestler after retiring from boxing in 1951, and his professional demise as an official greeter for a Las Vegas casino. Along the way, Richard Bak compassionately, yet evenhandedly, details Louis's private vices: incessant womanizing, reckless spending habits, massive debts to the IRS, and drug abuse. Filled with over one hundred photographs, including twenty-two in color, Joe Louis is the most comprehensive portrait yet written of one of the greatest African-American heroes who used his fists figuratively—and literally—to fight racism.
The Berlin Boxing Club
The Berlin Boxing Club - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Berlin Boxing Club write by Robert Sharenow. This book was released on 2011-05-17. The Berlin Boxing Club available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sydney Taylor Award-winning novel Berlin Boxing Club is loosely inspired by the true story of boxer Max Schmeling's experiences following Kristallnacht. Publishers Weekly called it "a masterful historical novel" in a starred review. Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew; after all, he's never even been in a synagogue. But the bullies at his school in Nazi-era Berlin don't care that Karl's family doesn't practice religion. Demoralized by their attacks against a heritage he doesn't accept as his own, Karl longs to prove his worth. Then Max Schmeling, champion boxer and German hero, makes a deal with Karl's father to give Karl boxing lessons. A skilled cartoonist, Karl has never had an interest in boxing, but now it seems like the perfect chance to reinvent himself. But when Nazi violence against Jews escalates, Karl must take on a new role: family protector. And as Max's fame forces him to associate with Nazi elites, Karl begins to wonder where his hero's sympathies truly lie. Can Karl balance his boxing dreams with his obligation to keep his family out of harm's way? Includes an author's note and sources page detailing the factual inspirations behind the novel.
