Description
Description
He was the Darling of the Depression. At a time when the Mob ruled the prize ring, Jimmy McLarnin and his manager Pop Foster stayed out of the clutches of the gunmen.
This is the story of two Irishmen who found each other on foreign shores and formed one of the great partnerships in sports – the old fairground fighter and the scrawny kid he promised to make champion of the world someday.
Theirs is an epic journey that begins in County Down and ends on the star-lined pavements of Sunset Boulevard. Along the way lie murders and organised crime; Nazis, filmstars and gangsters; glamour, gang wars and Gaelic football!
About the Author
Andrew Gallimore, a former journalist, became a television reporter working in the UK. Founding an independent production house, he directed The Devil’s Gardens, The War Detectives and Journeys Into Genocide. He recently directed a second series on war crimes investigations for the Discovery Network in the US and released a third book and feature-length documentary, both entitled A Bloody Canvas, in 2007.
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