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A Welshman in the Bronx
By Graeme Kent
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Tommy Farr's epic fight with Joe Louis for the World Heavyweight Title in New York in 1937. A Welshman in the Bronx looks at the six-week period leading up to the fight. The book examines the folklore that surrounded the fight by drawing on period sources, eye-witness accounts and archive material.
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Graeme Kent
For eight years, Graeme Kent was head of BBC Schools broadcasting in the Solomon Islands. Prior to that he taught in six primary schools in the United Kingdom and was headmaster of one. Currently, he is educational broadcasting consultant for the South Pacific Commission.
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