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Synopsis
SHADOW BOX is one of George Plimpton's most engaging looks at professional sport through the eyes of an amateur.
Stepping into the ring against the light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, Plimpton pauses to wonder why he ever became a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout - and brings back this timeless look at boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer.
Stepping into the ring against the light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, Plimpton pauses to wonder why he ever became a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout - and brings back this timeless look at boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer.
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I’ve often thought that Shadow Box is the best of my works because it gave me a chance to enter a very strange but likeable and interesting fraternity that of the boxing world.”
George Plimpton
George Plimpton, at his best, takes on champion boxer Archie Moore, to his own peril Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout and shares his experiences in this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier,
Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer. Shadow Box is one of Plimpton’s most engaging studies of a professional sport, through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute amateur. From the gym, the locker room, ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it is like to be a boxer, an artist of mayhem, and he does so in the finest sports writing of his career.
George Plimpton (1927 2003) was the best-selling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.
About the Author
The late George Plimpton was the best-selling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of The Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he also appeared numerous times in films and on television.
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Shadow Box
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Putnam Publishing Group, 1977
ISBN 10: 0399119957
ISBN 13: 9780399119958
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Explores the world of boxing - the fighters, managers, fans, and the mystique that surrounds champions. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123813549
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Shadow Box
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Explores the world of boxing - the fighters, managers, fans, and the mystique that surrounds champions. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123679168
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ISBN 10: 0399119957
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ISBN 10: 0399119957
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good w/ Protective Cover. Various (photographs) (illustrator). This book has very little corner bumping or edge wear. Interio rtext has slightly yellowed with age, solid in binding. Unclipped DJ has light rubbing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 051773
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Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Large, heavy book, darker red cloth with bright gilt facsimile signature at bottom front right, gilt dulled on spine, 351 pages plus brief biographical note, includes glossy photo section with Muhammad Ali. DJ glossy white lightly browned overall and soiled, a color-illustration of Plimpton in locker room with guys, photo on back boxing with Archie Moore. DJ has tiny tears at most edges. Fair DJ/Good book. Seller Inventory # 49940
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ISBN 13: 9780399119958
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Hard Cover W/ DJ. First Edition (no additional printings indicated). Illustrated with B&W photos. 8vo, 351pp (including Index). Maroon covers are clean and straight. Lightly edgeworn and corners and spine ends are bumped. Pages are clean, with no names or markings, Not ex-library or publisher remainder, lightly darkened from age. DJ is not price-clipped ($9.95) but has tanning from age on the edges and flaps, protected in archival mylar jacket. A well-regarded book on boxing. Book condition: VG snf DJ condition: Good plus. Books are packaged with care and shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # 5964
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Putnam, NY., 1977. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE- hardcover book in NEAR FINE- dust-jacket. Some foxing at edges of page block. Edgewear. Bottom corners gently bumped. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Seller Inventory # SKU1022917
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SHADOW BOX
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. 351 pages, 16 pages of photos. index. A GEORGE PLIMPTON BOOK. A HISTORY OF BOXING AND GEORGE'S NEAR- DEATH-WISH EXPERIENCE IN THE RING FIGHTING AN EXHIBITION MATCH WITH ANCIENT ARCHIE MOORE. This is the best of several books by George who acted out his fantasies of "running with the big dogs" and some how lived to write about it. Fine condition except for a small sticker mark. Size: 9 x 6. Seller Inventory # 001804
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