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Item Details
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A FIGHTER'S HEART
ONE MAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF FIGHTING |
| By: |
Sam Sheridan |
| Format: |
Paperback / softback |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802143431 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802143433 |
| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 January, 2008 |
| Description: |
In 1999, Sam Sheridan found himself loaded with cash and realizing he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a year Sheridan was in Bangkok to train at the legendary Fairtex gym with the greatest fighter in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1999, after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded with cash and intent on not working until he d spent it all. It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with the greatest fighter in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history and stepping through the ropes for a professional bout. That one fight wasn t enough. Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey into how and why we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions. Along the way, Sheridan delivers an insightful look at violence as a career and a spectator sport, a behind-the-pageantry glimpse of athletes at the top of their terrifying game. An extraordinary combination of gonzo journalism and participatory sports writing, "A Fighter s Heart" is a dizzying first-hand account of what it s like to reach the peak of finely disciplined personal aggression, to hitand be hit." |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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