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 | The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America (Reprint Edition) by Elliott J. Gorn Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1989 ISBN-10: 0-8014-9582-2 / 0801495822 ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9582-3 / 9780801495823 "It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, most of it quite negative since the whole enterprise | |