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'From the lean and terrifying days of the Depression in rural New South Wales to the exhilaration and excess of Australian boxing in the '60s and after, the life of boxer Keith Saunders has been extraordinary.
In this fast-paced, funny autobiography that includes some electrifying first-hand accounts of great Australian fights, we glimpse a little of the indulgent world that opened to a few successful boxers, the frustration felt by those Australians who endure racial indignities, and also some of the horror and tragedy of the boxing ring.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Sighted 28/7/09).
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- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Boxer's Life Story a Knockout
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 November no. 38 1992; (p. 21)
— Review of Learning the Ropes : The Life Story of a 'King of Knockouts' 1992 single work autobiography 'Keith Saunders knocked 'em dead when he appeared at the Australian Book Fair at the Sydney Exhibition Centre in June. Now Aboriginal Studies Press has released his book, Learning the Ropes, a fast-paced, funny autobiography which includes some electrifying first-hand accounts of great Australian fights.'
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Boxer's Life Story a Knockout
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 November no. 38 1992; (p. 21)
— Review of Learning the Ropes : The Life Story of a 'King of Knockouts' 1992 single work autobiography 'Keith Saunders knocked 'em dead when he appeared at the Australian Book Fair at the Sydney Exhibition Centre in June. Now Aboriginal Studies Press has released his book, Learning the Ropes, a fast-paced, funny autobiography which includes some electrifying first-hand accounts of great Australian fights.'
Awards
- 1993 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Non-Fiction
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