Coming Soon - Homicide Hank: The Life of Boxing Legend Henry Armstrong

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    His John Morrissey book was 340 pages, and he only had 3 to 5 fights (depending what you consider a prize fight). This one is 330 pages, covering close to 200 pro fights?
     
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    For both fighters, I tell their entire life stories, not just the specifics of their fights. My approach is not like Mr. Pollack's, in the sense that, while I tell the stories of his fights and use primary sources, I don't necessary get into the nitty gritty of every single match from a plethora of perspectives. Some fights, I spend an entire chapter on. Others I mention only in passing. Both men had interesting lives outside the ring as well as inside it. In the case of Armstrong, I think you'll find I dispell some of the myths about his life and some of his important fights by going to the primary sources and government documents. But if you're looking for the Adam Pollack treatment, with all due respect to his magnificent tomes on the heavyweight champions, that is not what you'll find in my books.
     
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    Springs Toledo's Smokestack Lightning just might be my favorite boxing read! I hope you enjoy my book as well.
     
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    I'm sure I will.
    I wish you all the success with your book.
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    I'm having a blast on your Dempsey series and loved your last Jack Johnson book. Will keep a tab on this one thank you! Much respect to Bridgham as well I'm very fortunate to come across any boxing scholars here especially authors.
     
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    Homicide Hank easily makes the top ten nicknames of all time!
     
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    Now Available – Homicide Hank: The Life of Boxing Legend Henry Armstrong
    By Kenneth Brigdham

    They called him “Homicide Hank,” “Hammerin’ Hank,” “Hurricane Henry,” “The Black Blitzkrieg,” and “The Human Buzz-Saw,” for he was the most ruthless destroyer of champions and challengers the sport has known.

    In all of boxing history, only one man has held the championships of three weight divisions at once: Henry Armstrong. This was in an era where there were only eight weight divisions. Still, there is more to his dazzling, unprecedented life than simultaneously holding the featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight championships. A Black sharecropper’s son, born in Jim Crow-dominated Mississippi, Armstrong rose from the deepest poverty to achieve his life’s ambitions. His opponents were not just some of the greatest fighters of all time (including Sugar Ray Robinson, Barney Ross, Lou Ambers, and Beau Jack) but rampant racism and economic despair. Earning great wealth in the ring and living the high life, Armstrong became a cultural icon, a world traveler, and a movie star who counted Mae West, Al Jolson, and other Hollywood icons among his closest friends. Yet, he was also a thoughtful man of peace, poet, and preacher who sought to improve the lives of others.

    Those who know boxing recognize Henry Armstrong as one of the sport’s most exciting and accomplished champions. More importantly, he was a rare hero to an entire generation of Black Americans; his victories were theirs. Today, too few know his important story. Set in an America beset by racism, corruption, the Great Depression, and World War II, Homicide Hank chronicles Armstrong’s remarkable life, from his humble beginnings to the heights of stardom and on to his post-boxing years as a man of God.

    Kenneth Bridgham received his degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the International Boxing Research Organization, contributor to thefightcity.com, and author of The Life and Crimes of John Morrissey. He lives in Fredericksburg, VA with his son.

    https://www.amazon.com/Homicide-Han...93572447&sprefix=homicide+hank,aps,142&sr=8-1


    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bo...4CB6.prodny_store01-atgap10?ean=9781949783094
     
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  13. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Beautiful, as usual, oh just watched your interview on (sadly I forgot his name right now, he did the Cinderella Man movie I believe...) channel on youtube, great stuff, loved it.

    Would love to see you writing something on a guy like Tony Canzoneri, Ike Williams or Kid Chocolate... just saying...
     
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