A Man'S World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith [Audiobook] download free by Donald Mcrae
- Listen audiobook: A Man'S World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith
- Author: Donald Mcrae
- Release date: 2016/4/21
- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9781471132360
- Rating: 8.66 of 10
- Votes: 117
- Review by: Vera Cohen
- Review rating: 7.72 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/17
- Duration: 5H35M57S in 256 kbps (89.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-21
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: TTA, AU, MP3, WAV, MPEG4, FLAC, WMA (compression Z, RAR, ZIP, TZO, TAR.BZ2, DMG)
- Total pages original book: 448
- Includes a PDF summary of 49 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 37M28S (9.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE. 'I kill a man and most people forgive me. However, I love a man and many say this makes me an evil person.' On 24 March 1962, when Emile Griffith stepped into the ring in Madison Square Garden to defend his world title against Benny Paret, he was filled with rage. During their weigh-in, the Cuban challenger had denounced Griffith as a 'faggot' and minced towards him. In the macho world of boxing, where fighters know they are engaged in the hurt game, there could be no greater insult. At that time, it was illegal for people of the same gender to have sex, or even for a bar to knowingly serve a drink to a gay person. It was an insinuation that could have had dangerous consequences for Griffith - especially as it was true. In the fight that followed, Griffith pounded Paret into unconsciousness, and the Cuban would die soon after, leaving Griffith haunted by what he had done. Despite this, he went on to fight more world championship rounds than any other fighter in history in a career that lasted for almost 20 years. In Donald McRae's first sports book in more than a decade, he weaves a compelling tale of triumph over prejudice - Griffith was black, so doubly damned by contemporary society, but refused to cower away as society wished. A Man's World is a classic piece of sports writing.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Biography: Sport, Gay Studies (Gay Men), Boxing
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 12.43 USD
- Dimensions: 130x198x30mm
- Weight: 326g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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