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Sweet Thunder - 9781400044979

Un libro in lingua di Wil Haygood edito da Random House Inc, 2009

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From the author of the critically acclaimed Sammy Davis, Jr., biography In Black and White, a sweeping biography–cum–cultural history centered around one of the most iconic figures of boxing.

Wil Haygood grounds the story of Sugar Ray Robinson’s spectacular rise to greatness firmly within the historical context of his lifetime: born in 1921, Robinson came of age when the country seethed with virulent racism. Detroit was his birthplace, but from the time he was young, Harlem was his home. It was there that he began boxing, at thirteen, and, in the 1940s and 1950s, became a staple figure, glamorous and electrifying, emerging as a powerful symbol of Black America.

Among the great strengths of the book are the vivid descriptions of Sugar Ray’s unique blend of grace and ferocity in the ring. But with equal vividness, the author describes Robinson’s life outside the ring, weaving in portraits of Langston Hughes, Lena Horne, and Miles Davis—whose lives not only intersected with Sugar Ray’s but also contribute to the illumination of his moment in our cultural and political history.

From scrappy street kid to cultural icon to the relative obscurity of his last years, Sugar Ray comes hauntingly and powerfully to life against the vivid backdrop of the world he captivated.

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