A Fist for Joe Louis and me
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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In this creative nonfiction book, Gordy and Ira, one African-American and one German-Jewish, who live in Depression-era Detroit, bond over a shared interest in boxing as America awaits the rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
A Fist for Joe Louis and Me submitted by SBNB on June 18, 2022, 1:59pm This is a great kids’ book! It takes place in WWII era Detroit.
SERIES
Tales of young Americans series
PUBLISHED
Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781534110168
153411016X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Tadgell, Nicole, 1969-
SUBJECTS
Friendship -- Fiction.
Boxing -- Fiction.
Family life -- Detroit -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Germans -- Michigan -- Fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.