Born into extreme poverty in 1914, Jersey Joe Walcott began boxing at the age of 16 to help feed his hungry family. After ten years' boxing, without proper training and with little to show for his efforts beyond some frightful beatings, Walcott quit the ring. A chance meeting with a local fight promoter who recognized the potential in his iron chin and hard punch turned Walcott's fortunes around, launching one of the greatest comebacks in boxing history. This biography details Walcott's youth, his dismal early career, and his legendary climb to become the heavyweight champion of the world at...
Born into extreme poverty in 1914, Jersey Joe Walcott began boxing at the age of 16 to help feed his hungry family. After ten years' boxing, without p...
The last thing 16-year-old Cody wanted to do during summer vacation was spend a week with his cantankerous grandfather. But what he thought would be a boring visit turns out to be one of the greatest adventures of his life. Discovering his grandfather's old World War II journal he learns about a daring, top secret mission that his grandfather and three old guys from the local donut shop took part in. Code named operation Night Hawk, it was a mission to destroy a German hydro-plant and keep the Nazis from developing Atomic bombs. From his discovery he also learn of mysterious giant of a man...
The last thing 16-year-old Cody wanted to do during summer vacation was spend a week with his cantankerous grandfather. But what he thought would b...
