Sam Langford book

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  1. Cmoyle

    Cmoyle Active Member Full Member

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    I got outside my technology comfort zone and managed to create my own website for folks to use to order the Sam Langford book. It's still available via the publishers website, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, but if anyone would like to order a signed or inscribed copy directly from me they can now do so thru PayPal at www.samlangford.com

    On another, but related subject here's a link I posted in a blog concerning some photograph discrepancies in the book:
    http://samlangford.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-photograph-discrepancies.html
     
    Cmoyle, Aug 23, 2008
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  2. Rebel-INS

    Rebel-INS Mighty Healthy Full Member

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    Signed by who?
     
    Rebel-INS, Aug 23, 2008
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  3. Cmoyle

    Cmoyle Active Member Full Member

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    Well, not Sam, I'm sorry he passed away in 1956. Signed by the author, yours truly, Clay Moyle :D
     
    Cmoyle, Aug 23, 2008
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  4. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    .............No deal; I want Sam to sign it. :bart
     
    salsanchezfan, Aug 23, 2008
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  5. Cmoyle

    Cmoyle Active Member Full Member

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    I'll sign it any way you want :D
     
    Cmoyle, Aug 23, 2008
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  6. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I have the book and it is terrific. I strongly advise any true boxing fans who want to learn about not just Sam but that whole era to get the book. It s a treasure.
     
    he grant, Aug 24, 2008
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  7. Rebel-INS

    Rebel-INS Mighty Healthy Full Member

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    That's what I was getting at, as Sam died a long while back.
     
    Rebel-INS, Aug 24, 2008
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  8. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HE DID!?
    Have to be Clay then, I suppose...
     
    mattdonnellon, Aug 25, 2008
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  9. SorceryatCaesar

    SorceryatCaesar Leonard-Hagler author Full Member

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    This is an excellent book. Thorough and scholarly, it has a fine eye for detail and anecdote. The author's voice is muted, but he cannot conceal his obvious warmth for Langford. The story takes you back 100 years in time as though it were yesterday. Particularly poignant are the last two chapters, 'Retirement' and 'Forgotten Man'. I highly recommend this book.
     
    SorceryatCaesar, Sep 3, 2008
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  10. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I'll get this ordered when I get a few quid in my Paypal account. Thanks.
     
    GazOC, Sep 3, 2008
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  11. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I'll have to get this soon, you sold it to me there, reason being, when i read 'the life and hard times of an uncrowned champion', Burley's story, it give so much info on the era as a whole i was shocked, great read. And you just said this one does similar, so im gunna get it!
     
    teeto, Sep 3, 2008
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