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Bouts of Mania, Ali, Frazier, and Foreman--and an America on the Ropes, Richard Hoffer

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Bouts of Mania

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Richard Hoffer

Ali, Frazier, and Foreman--and an America on the Ropes

Boxing's last ?golden age"-when Ali, Frazier, and Foreman battled one another in five classic fights and America wallowed in self-doubt

Prologue; 1970; chapter 1-rat bins, unwashed punks, and white owl cigars; chapter 2-philco dreams, philadelphia's finest, and a flat-footed bull; chapter 3-horoscopes, the fifth ward, and a little mean guy; 1971; chapter 4-velvet hot pants, toughgoing in laos, and closedcircuit doppelgängers; chapter 5-little sissies, soul power, and judy garland's shoes; chapter 6-red tassels, celebrity scribes, and duke ellington; 1972; chapter 7-techniques of ballyhoo, the pittsburgh symphony, and tall timber; chapter 8-nietzsche, a black hospital, and a piranha pond; 1973Chapter 9-a tunnel of love, a red rubber mouse, and a veteran russianchapter 10-a short trip, a whodoyoucallum, and old heroes; chapter 11-a rope bed, ufos, and the dating game; 1974; chapter 12-two pasty men, a bad and ugly scene, and ice cream on a stick; chapter 13-marlene dietrich, a robot, and an international smash and grab; chapter 14-a leopard-skin hat, a monster, and mr. tooth decay; chapter 15-nuclearology, a picnic basket, and judge craven; chapter 16-chicken claws, mozambique, and a convertible cadillac; 1975; chapter 17-coke-bottle glasses, a florida dog track, and a mummyChapter 18-economic technicians, the other wife, and the wildlife fundchapter 19-subdural blossoms, coolers of san miguel, and gin; chapter 20-nursery rhymes, pretty shoes, and a horrible soufflé; 1996; chapter 21-a steamboat, leprosy, and a caesars palace parking lot; 2011; chapter 22-a second banana, betsy ross, and a dodge drafter; 2013; chapter 23-a smell of sorrow, hamhocks, and the gourmet products show; acknowledgments; notes; bibliography; index

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