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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. June 7, 2015. Book Signing @ Beara Irish Brewing Company. Portsmouth, NH 03801. Christopher is an experienced and skilled public speaker who enjoys sharing entertaining and amazing stories of history with audiences. He has spoken at nearly 100 libraries, historical societies, bookstores, schools, lifelong learning programs, and other institutions. Audiences who listen to Christopher’s talk about his new book,. Robin Flynn, Beverly Publ...
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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. Christopher Klein is a history and travel writer and the author of two previous books Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands. And The Die-Hard Sports Fan’s Guide to Boston. A frequent contributor to the. And History.com, he has also written for the. New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Harvard Magazine, Red Sox Magazine,. Sign Up For E-Mail Updates. Don't Become a Mollycoddle! Download John L. Sullivan’s. Guide to the Manly Life.
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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. John L. Sullivan’s Guide to the Manly Life. A mollycoddle youngster growing into a mollycoddle man is something that gets me swearing mad, and there’s too many of them to be seen these days. So as one of the country’s foremost masculine icons, I feel compelled to shy my castor into the ring and take up the fight to prevent the men of this world from becoming dudes and dandies. Click here. John L. Sullivan. Sign Up For E-Mail Updates.
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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. Below are links to access more information on Strong Boy. Boston Globe review of “Strong Boy”. Wall Street Journal review of “Strong Boy”. Publisher’s Weekly review of Strong Boy. Kirkus Reviews review of “Strong Boy”. Boxing.com Review of “Strong Boy”. History.com: “America’s First Sports Superstar”. IrishCentral.com: “A New Look at John L. Sullivan”. Boston Irish Reporter: “Of Politicians and Pugilists”. Http:/ strongboybook.com/...
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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. Prologue: Rumble on the River. Manhattan was one enormous red-light district, but there was a particular sin so taboo that it had been exiled from the island of vice prizefighting. Boxing matches were primal affairs, savage human cockfights rife with bare-knuckle brawling, wrestling, biting, hair pulling, and eye gouging. In an 1879 championship bout, one slugger even poured turpentine on his hands to blind his opponent. The savagery, ...
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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. Called “one of the best boxing books ever penned” by the. And a “muscular, relentlessly detailed book” by the. Gives readers ringside seats to the colorful tale of one of the country’s first Irish-American heroes and the birth of the American sports media and the country’s celebrity obsession with athletes. Learn how Sullivan’s incredible career and oversized personality launched America’s modern sporting obsession. Both celebrates Joh...
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The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan - A Book by Christopher Klein. John L. Sullivan. The “Boston Strong Boy” ruled as heavyweight champion from 1882 to 1892. The hard-hitting, hard-drinking boxer became the country’s first sports superstar and Irish-American hero as he ushered boxing from its outlawed bare-knuckle days into the modern gloved era. Richard K. Fox. The premier wrestler of the 1880s, The Solid Man brought a rusty, doughy Sullivan to his Belfast, New York, farmstead in the summer of 1889 a...
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