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Refugee Smith and Other Stories of the Ring
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Refugee Smith and Other Stories of the Ring

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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Eustace Cockrell was a pioneer television writer who contributed to many of the early western shows including Have Gun Will Travel and Gunsmoke. He also wrote for such high-profile television programs as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Naked City.

Prior to his Hollywood career Cockrell was a prolific writer of short stories. Over a 25-year period beginning in 1932, his works appeared regularly in pulp fiction magazines including Blue Book and Argosy and in slicks like Collier’s and Saturday Evening Post.

While Cockrell’s short stories covered a broad range of fiction categories - detective, adventure, romance and even science fiction - he was primarily a writer of sports stories with the boxing ring being his favorite setting.

In 1940, Cockrell created one of the first African American fictional heroes in the person of boxer Refugee Smith.

The complete collection of 16 Refugee Smith stories, edited by Cockrell’s son-in-law, Roger Coleman, are combined in this volume for the first time. Also included are 10 additional stories of the ring written by Cockrell between 1936 and 1957.

Cockrell’s plots are often complex. Fighters enter the ring for a reason and the discovery of that reason is what makes Cockrell’s tales relevant in a world where boxing, once America’s favorite sport next to baseball, no longer holds the attraction it held for previous generations.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mission Point Press
Date
5 April 2022
Pages
182
ISBN
9781954786745

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Eustace Cockrell was a pioneer television writer who contributed to many of the early western shows including Have Gun Will Travel and Gunsmoke. He also wrote for such high-profile television programs as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Naked City.

Prior to his Hollywood career Cockrell was a prolific writer of short stories. Over a 25-year period beginning in 1932, his works appeared regularly in pulp fiction magazines including Blue Book and Argosy and in slicks like Collier’s and Saturday Evening Post.

While Cockrell’s short stories covered a broad range of fiction categories - detective, adventure, romance and even science fiction - he was primarily a writer of sports stories with the boxing ring being his favorite setting.

In 1940, Cockrell created one of the first African American fictional heroes in the person of boxer Refugee Smith.

The complete collection of 16 Refugee Smith stories, edited by Cockrell’s son-in-law, Roger Coleman, are combined in this volume for the first time. Also included are 10 additional stories of the ring written by Cockrell between 1936 and 1957.

Cockrell’s plots are often complex. Fighters enter the ring for a reason and the discovery of that reason is what makes Cockrell’s tales relevant in a world where boxing, once America’s favorite sport next to baseball, no longer holds the attraction it held for previous generations.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mission Point Press
Date
5 April 2022
Pages
182
ISBN
9781954786745