JJs Prison Memoir?

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  1. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Anyone know if Johnsons prison memoir is available anywhere?
    Geoffrey Ward seems to have unearthed it for Unforgivable Blackness.
    How the heck did he find this, and is it available anywhere to anyones knowledge?
     
  2. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    I read a “Jack Johnson memoir” from a library when I was a kid. I think it was edited by Gilbert Odd.
     
  3. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Is it related to Jack Johnson's book 'Mes Combats'?
     
  4. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    The book I read was called Jack Johnson “in the ring and out” and it was edited by Gilbert Odd and is available on Amazon.

    It is Jack Johnson’s autobiography. Written in 1927.
     
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    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    No and all the better for it.ps Johnson never wrote Mes Combats it was ghosted ,twice translated and regurgitiated a decade later.
     
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  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Yes that's right, I have it.
     
  7. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Haven’t read it for years. Is it any good? I might get a copy for old times sake.
     
  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    It's okay rather self serving as you would expect from Jack.I'd go with Pollack's 2 volume bio, if your pocket will run to it.
     
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  9. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    It’s a separate document. No clue how he found it, but good for him for doing so!
     
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  10. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Bump just in case
    Seems to be some great info in here
     
  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Read this in my early 20's. I remember it being very good.
     
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  12. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Yes, I might get another copy.