Pepe, Phil – Come Out Smokin’. Joe Frazier – The Champ Nobody Knew.

Description

Pepe, Phil ‘Come Out Smokin’. Joe Frazier – The Champ Nobody Knew.’ 1972 1st ed. 224-pages. (3) One VG in a VG un-price clipped mylar protected jacket. Another VG in a good jacket, and another VG/VG with a former owner stamp & signature on blank frontispiece. $20 each.

Book Summary & Overview:
As the first-ever book to delve into the life of legendary heavyweight boxing champion “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier, Pepe’s work beat all other writers to the punch. Written in the immediate wake of Frazier’s historic victory over Muhammad Ali in the 1971 “Fight of the Century,” the biography uncovers the man behind the fierce, relentless boxing style.
The book traces Frazier’s life from his dirt-poor childhood in the Jim Crow South and his close relationship with his father, to his rough street-fighting days and his eventual rise through the amateur ranks to win an Olympic boxing championship in 1964. The narrative serves as an intimate chronicle of his journey to the pinnacle of the sports world, culminating in his definitive heavyweight title defense.

1972 Hardcover Edition Specifications:
• Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan (New York)
• Publication Date: 1972
• Binding: Hardcover, bound in bright green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine.
• Dust Jacket: Originally featured a colorful poster-illustrated design with an initial retail price of $6.95.
• Endpapers: Poster-illustrated endpapers.
• Standard Length: Approximately 168 to 228 pages (depending on regional printings, with regional variations like the 1973 UK Woburn Press edition featuring profuse illustrations).