Jacob's Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties - Hardcover

Mitchell, Kevin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224075101 ISBN 13: 9780224075107

Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, 2009

Synopsis

The glamorous and violent story of boxing in its heyday, the Fifties. It’s a story of a man called Frankie Carbo, the Mob and Jacobs Beach, where the deals were made, of Rat Pack cool and the eventual fading of the Mob’s power.

About this title

About the Author:

Kevin Mitchell is the Observer's chief sports writer. He is the author of War, Baby, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and the co-author of Frank Bruno's autobiography Frank, which won the Best Autobiography category of the British Sports Book Awards.

Review:

"This is a tour de force of reportage and research by an author who really knows his stuff" Independent on Sunday "Wonderfully evocative. The author...has a powerful style, as punchy as some of the matches he describes" Telegraph on Sunday "Kevin Mitchell, an award-winning Fleet Street sports writer, tells brilliantly the story of that dark and shameful period" The Sun "He is the connoisseur of both the dark and glorious sides of the ring game" Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0224075101
• ISBN 13: 9780224075107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320