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Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 - December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. He was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees. Beach was educated at Rollins... Read Full Overview

""Too Fat To Fight: The Story Of A Fat Man Who Made Good"" is a novel written by Rex Beach and published in 1919. The book tells the story of a man named Jim Pinkerton, who is overweight and struggling with his self-esteem. Despite his physical limitations, Jim dreams of becoming... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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""Too Fat To Fight"" is a memoir written by Rex Beach, published in 1919. The book tells the story of Beach's own experience with being overweight and how he transformed himself into a successful writer and adventurer. The book is divided into two parts, the first part describes... Read Full Overview