Wil Haygood - Sweet Thunder

Oct 13 2009 7:00 pm
Oct 13 2009 8:00 pm

One of the best pound-for-pound fighters in history, Sugar Ray Robinson came of age in the ’40s and ’50s. His story is also the story of post-war Harlem, where figures such as Lena Horne, Langston Hughes, and Miles Davis flourished.  At the height of his career, Robinson owned a Harlem nightclub that was frequently the hottest spot in town. Haygood, a writer for the Washington Post and biographer of Adam Clayton Powell and Sammy Davis, Jr., brings Robinson to life and fixes him within Harlem’s electric milieu.

 

Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson (Hardcover)

By Wil Haygood
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9781400044979
Availability: Not currently in the store – Usually ships in 1-5 days
Published: Knopf, 10/2009
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