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Acevedo Carlos - The Duke The Life And Lies Of Tommy Morrison - Paperback
Acevedo Carlos - The Duke The Life And Lies Of Tommy Morrison - Paperback
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Description: The Duke is a harrowing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions and a gripping read. Don t miss it. T. J. English New York Times bestselling author Havana Nocturne An American Gothic In the early 1990s Tommy Morrison a young roughneck from Jay Oklahoma burst onto the boxing scene to become one of the most controversial fighters of his era. Handsome eloquent and dynamic Morrison parlayed destructive knockout power and a homespun personality into celebrity status throughout middle America where boxing rarely prospered. But it was his starring role in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone that propelled him to stardom and ultimately led to his tragic downfall. His brush with Hollywood fame triggered a limitless appetite for parties liquor and sex. When Morrison was shockingly diagnosed with HIV in 1996, his life imploded and his subsequent descent into drugs prison bigamy and conspiracy theories made Morrison notorious long after his glory days had ended. In The Duke Carlos Acevedo chronicles Morrison's tumultuous life from his days as a teenaged Toughman contestant to his victory over George Foreman to his struggles with HIV and depression to his death at forty - four when his delusions finally overtook him. Morrison himself was a divisive figure but critics and readers are unanimous about Acevedo's The Duke. This is a big American saga writ large just the sort of tortured tale Carlos Acevedo tells so well. Don Stradley author of The War: Hagler Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages I love how Carlos Acevedo writes. He's detached and immersive observant and detailed unsparing and fair. He brings to life what I love and what I don't love about boxing. That's clear in The Duke which examines not just Tommy Morrison but Morrison's place in boxing celebrity culture and the greater sports consciousness. It's the perfect marriage of writer and subject written sharply broadly and expertly and hard to put down. Greg Bishop senior writer Sports Illustrated
Title: The Duke The Life And Lies Of Tommy Morrison
Author(s): Acevedo Carlos
Publisher: Hamilcar Publications
Barcode: 9781949590524
Pages: 280 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: Boxing
Description: The Duke is a harrowing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions and a gripping read. Don t miss it. T. J. English New York Times bestselling author Havana Nocturne An American Gothic In the early 1990s Tommy Morrison a young roughneck from Jay Oklahoma burst onto the boxing scene to become one of the most controversial fighters of his era. Handsome eloquent and dynamic Morrison parlayed destructive knockout power and a homespun personality into celebrity status throughout middle America where boxing rarely prospered. But it was his starring role in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone that propelled him to stardom and ultimately led to his tragic downfall. His brush with Hollywood fame triggered a limitless appetite for parties liquor and sex. When Morrison was shockingly diagnosed with HIV in 1996, his life imploded and his subsequent descent into drugs prison bigamy and conspiracy theories made Morrison notorious long after his glory days had ended. In The Duke Carlos Acevedo chronicles Morrison's tumultuous life from his days as a teenaged Toughman contestant to his victory over George Foreman to his struggles with HIV and depression to his death at forty - four when his delusions finally overtook him. Morrison himself was a divisive figure but critics and readers are unanimous about Acevedo's The Duke. This is a big American saga writ large just the sort of tortured tale Carlos Acevedo tells so well. Don Stradley author of The War: Hagler Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages I love how Carlos Acevedo writes. He's detached and immersive observant and detailed unsparing and fair. He brings to life what I love and what I don't love about boxing. That's clear in The Duke which examines not just Tommy Morrison but Morrison's place in boxing celebrity culture and the greater sports consciousness. It's the perfect marriage of writer and subject written sharply broadly and expertly and hard to put down. Greg Bishop senior writer Sports Illustrated
Title: The Duke The Life And Lies Of Tommy Morrison
Author(s): Acevedo Carlos
Publisher: Hamilcar Publications
Barcode: 9781949590524
Pages: 280 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: Boxing
