Views Dempsey as a legend and as a symbol of his age while tracing the boxer's career from the days he fought lumberjacks in Western saloons to the era of his fame as the Manassa Mauler
One of the few sports books that does a good job weaving the political/social issues of the time into the athlete's story. Great blow-by-blow descriptions of Dempsey's title fights. Deducting one star because there is very little about Dempsey's life after retirement.