War in the ring : Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, and the fight between America and Hitler / John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250155740
- 1250155746
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 -- Juvenile literature
- Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005 -- Juvenile literature
- Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Boxers (Sports) -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Nationalism and sports -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Boxing -- Social aspects -- History -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Germany -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 796.8309 F638 | Available | 33111009372927 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
War in the Ring presents a riveting nonfiction book for kids about a boxing match that represented the growing tensions between the United States and Nazi Germany in the lead up to World War II.
Joe Louis was born on an Alabama cotton patch and raised in a Detroit ghetto. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a path out and a ladder up. Little did they know that they would one day face each other in a pair of matches that would capture the world's attention.
Joe grew into a symbol of inspiration to a nation of Black Americans hoping to carve a slice of the 'American Dream' in a racially fractured country. Max, on the other hand, became a Nazi symbol for the superiority of the Aryan race.
The battles waged between Joe and Max still resonate, and the cultural implications of the international sensation continue to reverberate far past the ring.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
"...recount[s] the politically and racially charged rivalry between African-American boxing champion Joe Louis and white German boxer Max Schmeling, which grew between their 1936 and 1938 matches. Tracing both men's careers from inception until they hung up their gloves, the authors illuminate how emblematic each was to his country while exploring the social issues of the day."-- Publisher's description.