The Fight That Started the Movies: The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film by Samuel Hawley

The Fight That Started the Movies: The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film

Samuel Hawley

410 pages hardcover 2016

3 editions

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"Movie buffs and boxing buffs alike will relish this " (Publishers Weekly) "An extremely well-researched tale." (Kirkus Reviews) On March 17, 1897, in an open-air arena in Carson City, Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons fought for the heavyweight cha...

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