The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw

by Jay R. Tunney

Book Overview

The curious story of the unlikely relationship between a champion boxer and a celebrated man of letters.

Gene Tunney, the world heavyweight-boxing champion from 1926 to 1928, seemed an unusual companion for George Bernard Shaw, but Shaw, a world-famous playwright, found the Irish-American athlete to be "among the very few for whom I have established a warm affection." The Prizefighter and the Playwright chronicles the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554076412
• ISBN13: 9781554076413
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"