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Jack Dempsey
Welcome to the crazy world of The State School, where reality often gets checked at the gate, and life inside the four walls of this state-operated facility for developmentally
disabled…
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Adam J Pollack
The third book in a Jack Dempsey biography series.
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A landmark study of Michigan's African American community in the American Civil War era hailing the state's only Black fighting unit and leaders like William Dollarson, a self-emancipated man and…
Gene Schoor
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Nat Fleischer
""Jack Dempsey: The Idol of Fistiana"" is a biography written by Nat Fleischer about the legendary boxer Jack Dempsey. The book chronicles the life and career of Dempsey, who was…
Thomas Myler
Jack Dempsey was an icon of the 1920s when boxing's world heavyweight champion reigned supreme in sport. A one-time hobo and saloon fighter, he packed more thrills into his career…
Roberts
Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926, Jack Dempsey began his boxing career as a skinny boy of sixteen, riding the rails and participating in hastily staged saloon…
Part II of the most thorough series ever written on the life and career of boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
Brennan Thomas
Jack Dempsey is America’s first mega sports hero. His style of boxing had never been seen before in the annals of pugilism. No other sports figure was as commercially successful…
Jack Dempsey was instrumental in creating the first million-dollar gate. That momentous event occurred in 1921 when he faced Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight champion. Dempsey went on to annihilate…
The novel centers on the life and experiences of Jack O'Leary as he begins a career path as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor; himself, with a vision handicap. What he encounters…
Capitol Park is the only city park in America where a state’s first governor is buried. It’s the birthplace of democracy in Michigan. Underground Railroad site. Streetcar and transit hub…
Boxing legend Jack Dempsey taught World War II recruits the art of hand to hand combat. His classic illustrated manual offers techniques to survive in dire situations. A must for…
Detroit’s Alpheus Starkey Williams never tired in service to his city or his country. A veteran of the Mexican-American War, he was a preeminent military figure in Michigan before the…
A thoughtful and thoroughly researched exploration of the history of Capitol Park in Detroit.
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The Scheme is a thirty thousand word story that deals with the many ways money can be laundered by the Organization. The story carries you through New York and exposes…
A very rare WWII combative, How to Fight Tough , has been reprinted and is now available! This reprint is a faithful reproduction of the original with original formatting and…
The voices of rural midwestern women are missing from the relatively new field of Civil War-era women's history.
Eunice Hunt Tripler's grief-filled life intersected with numerous Civil War-era notables.
Fighting techniques and strategies from World Champion and Hall of Fame Boxer, Jack Dempsey. Jack Dempsey, one of the greatest and most popular boxers of all time, reveals the techniques…
Ancient Minoan families flee devastation and conquest of Crete, and migrate via Cyprus to multicultural Palestine, among wild but advanced Sea Peoples. To keep new homes, these Philistines must keep…
With lively narration, telling anecdotes, and vivid battlefield accounts, Michigan and the Civil War tells the story as never before of Michigan’s heroic contributions to saving the Union. Beginning with…
With lively narration, telling anecdotes and vivid battlefield accounts, Michigan and the Civil War presents, as never before, the story of Michigan’s heroic role in saving the Union. Beginning with…
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
Dave Dempsey,Jack Dempsey
Long revered as the birthplace of many of the US’s best known authors, Michigan has also served as inspiration to countless others. In this entertaining and well- researched book -…
Ink Trails II tells the stories of these fascinating and diverse writers whose talent is inextricably linked to Michigan.
Roger Kahn, PhD.,F-ABC
An award-winning sports writer and friend of Dempsey’s tells the extraordinary story the heavyweight champion of the world from 1919 to 1927. Kahn not only chronicles the brutal bouts of…
Jack Dempsey's rise to the heavyweight championship.
In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion, by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world…
Jack Cavanaugh
Offering a unique perspective on sports, celebrity, and popular culture in the 1920s, this irresistible story is an insightful real-life tale replete with heads of state, irrepressible showmen, mobsters, Hollywood…
Joseph S. Page
Hall of Fame middleweight prizefighter John Edward Kelly, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, was one of the most popular athletes in the United States during the late 19th century…
