Robert Ashe

Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves

Sprache: Englisch.

kartoniert , 224 Seiten

ISBN 0887806775

EAN 9780887806773

Veröffentlicht November 2005

Verlag/Hersteller James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers

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Beschreibung

This book is both sports biography and social history, following the life and career of the enigmatic prize fighter Dave Downey who won the Canadian middleweight championship and defended his title five times before retiring.

Portrait

ROBERT ASHE is an award-winning journalist who was raised on the outskirts of Halifax. He is the author of three books, including Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He holds a Masters of Journalism degree from Carleton and works for the federal government in Ottawa.Canadian Author