The "Let's Bug John Garfield To Write A Book" Thread

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  1. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    More an in-depth character profile, D?
     
  2. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Something like that, We all know the storys of Ali Frazier I or III ete. But though your eyes and all.
    No one relly knows or SEEN what you seen with Marciano sparing or your meetings with past old greats before they died.

    I only recall Marciano and Dempsey perhaps?? And Louis??
    Though you mention Barney Ross before the crash.
     
  3. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  4. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    Those nuances of the boxing greats that only first-hand observation can provide could be a suitable subject. A LIFETIME IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS: JOHN GARFIELD'S BOXING ANECDOTES sounds not too bad to me, with chapters on all the titans of the ring you crossed paths with!
     
  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    It is John Garfields destiny to write a book.

    I have already explained this to him repeatedly.
     
  6. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Very interesting approach, p. I should make you my editor.
     
  7. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    I'll be your spit-bucket guy any day!
     
  8. Mohak

    Mohak RIP Smokin' Joe Full Member

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    Sign me up.
     
  9. Chinxkid

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    Look at it this way; if you don't do it who will?
     
  10. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ................Don't make us pull reverse psychology out of our bag of tricks John; that could get ugly. :thumbsup
     
  11. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I thought this was the classic section, s, not Abu Ghraib.
     
  12. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Just seen this thread now, get it done John!!!
     
  13. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sure! Pile on, t!
     
  14. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    We give you a month before we riot lol.
     
  15. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    Have you read "Dark Trade", by Donald McRae? That book has a very pleasing style and i think something similar to that would be extremely interesting. For instance, it could go all the way from your early days of seeing bits of an aging Louis, to Stillman's gym stories, to a recent Klitschko interview. I'd be more than happy to read it.:happy