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by Donald McRae (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Scribner (21 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743207602
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743207607
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 678,673 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Independent, November 8, 2002

'An atmospheric triumph of a book'


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'A book noteworthy both for its compassion and for its vivid recreations of some of the most dramatic sporting encounters of modern times'
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5.0 out of 5 stars Untold and extraordinary, 3 Sep 2003
By K. P. Quinn "KQ" (Hersham) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens (Paperback)
This must be one of the best sports books ever never mind 2002. McRae's book wonderfully evokes the times and places in the lives of two great sportsmen. In places, as in the aftermath of Louis's last fight or in the final demise of the great men, it is unbearably moving. At other times, for example during Owens's world record-breaking streak in one afternoon during a college meet, it is thrilling, page-turning stuff. Other highlights include the recreation of Louis's key fights and the background detail of the appalling racism at the heart of American life. Louis and Owens come across as real, heroic figures with fiercely strong and weak human traits. Despite the fact that they were modest men achieving extraordinary feats in their fields, they also posted small victories in their society at large not least in the way American institutions regarded, valued and treated their non-white citizens. A must read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars In Black &White The Untold Story of jesse owens & Joe Louis, 27 Jan 2003
By DAVID MADDEN (CORK Ireland) - See all my reviews
McRae has written another Masterpiece.
For sports lovers & historians alike this is a must read.
McRae's research is second to none & his writing is informative, fluid & compassionate - he offers real insight into the lives of both superstars as well as a telling narrative on America's struggle with racism since the 1920's. The spirit of the Olympics is personified in Jesse Owens, the power-hungry values of Olympic administration are personified by Avery Brundage while
the rotten core of Boxing administration is exposed throughout the book. One cannot fail to be moved by this book especially by both the dignity, achievements & human failings of both sporting icons.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Reservations Overcome, 27 Mar 2004
By R. Simpson (South Kirkby, Yorks, UK) - See all my reviews
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At the outset McRae's telling of the story by snap-shots seemed to me irritatingly tabloid, as did the quantity of invented dialogue and somewhat sentimentalised psychology. It's difficult to remember when these reservations disappeared, but they were overcome by the narrative pace, the impressive research of primary and secondary sources and the sophisticated selection of material. The result is a book which tells much of the story of the lives of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens without being a biography of either and focuses crucially on their relationships with the white establishment represented, at its worst, by such figures as the appalling Avery Brundage whose career as Olympic supremo continued untroubled by his part in driving Jesse Owens out of sporting competition.
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