A biography of the boxer Benny Lynch. This book also remembers his home, the Glasgow Gorbals - the corner boys, the gangs, the dance halls and the legendary pubs. A slice of 1930s life, it portrays the colour, the humour and the human tragedy of the depression era.
Read More
A biography of the boxer Benny Lynch. This book also remembers his home, the Glasgow Gorbals - the corner boys, the gangs, the dance halls and the legendary pubs. A slice of 1930s life, it portrays the colour, the humour and the human tragedy of the depression era.
Read Less
Add this copy of Benny: the Life and Times of a Fighting Legend to cart. $12.16, fair condition, Sold by Ladylisabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chester, , UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Mainstream Publishing.
Add this copy of Benny: the Life and Times of a Fighting Legend to cart. $9.75, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Mainstream Publishing.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Add this copy of Benny: the Life and Times of a Fighting Legend to cart. $41.57, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Add this copy of Benny: the Life and Times of a Fighting Legend to cart. $54.83, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Mainstream Publishing.
This is a beautifully written book about Scotland's greatest boxer. Strangely, it is as much about a place, Glasgow's Gorbals neighborhood, as about a person, the great Benny Lynch. It is a tragic story, of course, but the prose is so well written that it never gets maudlin or overly sentimental.
Lynch is virtually unknown today in the U.S., but was the best at his weight in the heyday of boxing. There is also a lot of info about slum life in depression era Glasgow and life in the touring boxing booths of long ago.
