Stratton, W: Floyd Patterson -

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Résumé :
In 1956, at age 21, Floyd Patterson became the youngest boxer to win the title of world heavyweight champion and then, later, the first ever to lose and regain it. This title pays tribute to an invisible champion who fought his way to the top of a knockdown world, carrying many of the hopes and fears of the battle for civil rights.

A refreshingly honest and even-handed deconstruction of the owner of the uneasiest head to wear a crown this side of Henry IV -- George Kimball, Author Of Four Kings An atmospheric and classy chronicle of the life of a boxing great Sunday Express History has not been kind to Floyd Patterson ... but in Stratton he has an author worthy to champion his cause for posterity Independent on Sunday A deftly written biography. Stratton clarifies how Patterson could be trumpeted as a hero of the civil rights movement and reminds us of Patterson's remarkable talent, morality and determination Publishers Weekly