Bøger af Ramon Antonio Vargas

After growing up shining shoes in New Orleans, Tony Canzoneri made boxing history as he won five world championships and faced some of the fight game's greatest ever legends. He tried to give his loved ones the world with the fame he achieved but had to keep some of the criminal underworld's largest figures at arm's length to do it.

"In 1945, the Loyola New Orleans Wolf Pack became the first basketball team to earn a national championship. The Cinderella season was chronicled in the Times Picayune, the student newspaper The Maroon and letters from students and alums fighting overseas. The 1run to the championship was an amazing boon to thecommunity during trying times. The group of boyhood friends and rivals beat outprevious national champions and exhausted opponents. Take a courtside seat asjournalist Ramon A. Vargas chronicles the season, including heartfelt personalnarratives to tell the story of the championship and legacy of a team that ledLoyola to national prominence"--