Walker, Mickey – Mickey Walker, The Toy Bulldog

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Walker, Mickey ‘Mickey Walker, The Toy Bulldog’ 1961 1st edition, 1st printing. Random House, New York. 305-pages VG with a very good mylar protected non-price clipped dust jacket.

Book description:
The 1961 edition of Mickey Walker: The Toy Bulldog and His Times by Mickey Walker with Joe Reichler is a 305-page hardcover autobiography published in New York by Random House. The book features blue cloth-covered boards and is heavily illustrated with an interior section of black-and-white historical photographic plates.

Co-written with veteran Associated Press sportswriter Joe Reichler, the book provides a vibrant, firsthand account of one of the most ferocious and colorful characters from the “Golden Twenties”. Walker details his rise to holding both the World Welterweight and World Middleweight titles, his legendary bouts against icons like Harry Greb and Tiger Flowers, and his fearless habit of stepping up to fight elite heavyweight contenders despite his small, stocky 5’7″ frame.

Beyond the ring, the memoir captures the roaring jazz-age lifestyle, his battles with alcohol, and his post-boxing transition into painting and acting, making it a crucial historical document of mid-century boxing culture.