O'Toole, Andrew.
Sweet William : the life of Billy Conn / Andrew O'Toole. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008. - xi, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Sport and society .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-341) and index.
This is easy -- A kiss from heaven -- I can lick anyone Johnny Ray tells me I can lick -- Like a thief he kept running -- A fistic star is born -- Gone to the fight -- Fighting is my business -- Toast of the town -- That Conn boy talks too much -- Reckless son of Erin -- Where's Billy? -- I'm afraid of no man living -- Mickey Rooney's a sissy -- He can run-- -- Old scores to settle -- "You only get one chance".
9780252032240 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252032241 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007024083
013833421 Uk
Conn, Billy, 1917-
Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
GV1132.C66 / O76 2008
796.83092 B
Sweet William : the life of Billy Conn / Andrew O'Toole. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008. - xi, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Sport and society .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-341) and index.
This is easy -- A kiss from heaven -- I can lick anyone Johnny Ray tells me I can lick -- Like a thief he kept running -- A fistic star is born -- Gone to the fight -- Fighting is my business -- Toast of the town -- That Conn boy talks too much -- Reckless son of Erin -- Where's Billy? -- I'm afraid of no man living -- Mickey Rooney's a sissy -- He can run-- -- Old scores to settle -- "You only get one chance".
9780252032240 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252032241 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007024083
013833421 Uk
Conn, Billy, 1917-
Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
GV1132.C66 / O76 2008
796.83092 B