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Bendigo of Nottingham

Sunny Ache

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Description:From Nottingham to New York to New Orleans and back again, this captivating account reveals the stories of the men who risked their lives in the ring to provide a better life for themselves and their loved ones. Bendigo of Nottingham tells the long-forgotten tale of William Abednego Thompson, aka “Bendigo” – the most famous bare knuckle boxer of his time. Using only his fists and his will, this scrappy, undersized prize fighter takes on all comers in farmhouses and barns and makeshift rings in the fields of England to become Bendigo. But time takes its toll on the undefeated boxer, and his love of drink lands him in jail with seemingly no way up from the bottom to which he has sunk. The novel unfolds like a movie before the reader’s eyes. ...He was the most precious son to his beloved widowed mother... ...He was the best brother to his destitute sisters and brothers... ...He was an extraordinary inmate within the walls of a prison in his own country... ...He was the pride of his people...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bendigo of Nottingham. To get started finding Bendigo of Nottingham, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 186

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Savil Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0954643860

Description: From Nottingham to New York to New Orleans and back again, this captivating account reveals the stories of the men who risked their lives in the ring to provide a better life for themselves and their loved ones. Bendigo of Nottingham tells the long-forgotten tale of William Abednego Thompson, aka “Bendigo” – the most famous bare knuckle boxer of his time. Using only his fists and his will, this scrappy, undersized prize fighter takes on all comers in farmhouses and barns and makeshift rings in the fields of England to become Bendigo. But time takes its toll on the undefeated boxer, and his love of drink lands him in jail with seemingly no way up from the bottom to which he has sunk. The novel unfolds like a movie before the reader’s eyes. ...He was the most precious son to his beloved widowed mother... ...He was the best brother to his destitute sisters and brothers... ...He was an extraordinary inmate within the walls of a prison in his own country... ...He was the pride of his people...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bendigo of Nottingham. To get started finding Bendigo of Nottingham, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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