Beyond Glory: Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis and a World on the Brink. (book)

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In 1938, a match was to be fought between two rival boxers - Max Schmeling and Joe Louis. After his win in 1936 against Louis, Schmeling had become the toast of Nazi Germany and now in his corner were Hitler and Goebbels, along with millions of Germans for whom Schmeling symbolised not just national pride but Aryan supremacy. Joe Louis, the ferocious young black boxer, had in his corner almost the entire black community of the US, not to mention many in the Caribbean and Africa, the young Nelson Mandela among them. Alongside, the blacks were Jews everywhere, including those trapped in Hitler's Europe. And, to a degree unprecedented in 1930s America, there was a huge population of the white community who hoped that a black man would knock out a white man. Beyond Glory tells this classic story, which pulses with energy and captures the two fighters and the passions they aroused in a world that was about to change for ever.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beyond-Glory-...0821518263?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item3a6620a3b7

Brand new, above, on ebay for £2.75 with free P&P. I got mines a few days ago from the seller.

A very well rated book too.

 

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/576

Great video interview with the author, David Margolick.

 

One of the biggest boxing matches of all-time and without question the most historical fight in the history of the sport.

Perhaps, the most historical sporting event of all-time.

I thought it was worth spreading the joy, considering it comes cheaper than a 10 packet of cigarettes, and it's also brand new. :good

 

Yes. However, Louis-Schmeling II was probably bigger. It was more worldwide or at least the States and Europe.

Johnson-Jefferies was pretty much confined to the States.

 

Yeah.....History reading as well. :good

 

Let me know what you think of the book. Not started mines yet.

 

McIlvanney on Boxing.
Budd Schulberg, Ringside - A Treasury of Boxing Reportage.
Donald Mcrae, Dark Trade - Lost in boxing.

Top books. :good

 

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The A-Z of world boxing : an authoritative and entertaining compendium of the fight game from its origins to the present day. By Bert Blewett.


An international encyclopedia of boxing which contains in-depth articles on topics related to the sport, from AIDS and art to computers and commentators. Includes biographical essays on boxers as well as their promoters, publicists, managers, trainers and the media.