The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip

by Richard O. Davies

Richard O. Davies won Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Bronze Medal in Sports for The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip. Davies' book was chosen as one of the best indie books of 2014.

As the twentieth century dawned, bare-knuckle prizefighting was transforming into the popular sport of boxing, yet simultaneously it was banned as immoral in many locales. Nevada was the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874179289
• ISBN13: 9780874179286
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"