Bøger af Budd Schulberg

In this collection of short stories, Budd Schulberg explores the highs and lows of American life in the mid-20th century. From Hollywood to the boxing ring, Schulberg's characters are richly drawn and emotionally complex. Though his stories are rooted in their time and place, they speak to timeless themes of human experience.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Originally published in 1950 by Random House.

Taking the reader all the way back to an epic bare-knuckle contest in England, this is a collection of boxing stories. Drawing a portrait of Uncle Mike Jacobs, the promotional impresario of boxing in its Golden Age, it places Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali in the social history of their times.

Ringside is a bountiful collection of the most memorable boxing stories by legendary fight-game writer Budd Schulberg. Throughout this book, Schulberg provides the perfect blend of great writing on great fighters, laced with a realistic sense of boxing's wrongs as well as its rights.

The celebrated novel of the prize ring that has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago. ¿The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption.¿¿USA Today.