Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Garden and the Golden Age of Boxing. Kevin Mitchell J.

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Also by Kevin Mitchell

      3  Title page

      4  Copyright page

      5  Dedication

      6  Foreword

      7  Chapter 1: The Beast Within

      8  Chapter 2: The Ring Is Dead

      9  Chapter 3: Never Far from Broadway

      10  Chapter 4: Owney Madden and Lucky Jim

      11  Chapter 5: Setting Up Joe

      12  Chapter 6: Distant Drums

      13  Chapter 7: This Isle of Joy

      14  Chapter 8: Alone on Sugar Hill

      15  Chapter 9: The Cat in the Coonskin Hat

      16  Chapter 10: The Rise of the Rock

      17  Chapter 11: Sonny and the Mob

      18  Chapter 12: The Slow Death of the IBC

      19  Chapter 13: Long Live the King

      20  Chapter 14: Teddy Atlas Knows

      21  Chapter 15: Sparring with Schulberg

      22  Chapter 16: Rocky Died in One of My Jackets

      23  Chapter 17: Lou Duva, a Fighter

      24  Chapter 18: A Couple of Artists

      25  Chapter 19: The Reckoning

      26  Good Night, and Good Luck:

      27  Index

      28  Biography

      29  Plates

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Begin Reading

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      Frank: Fighting Back (coauthor with Frank Bruno)

Jacobs Beach

      The Mob, The Garden & The Golden Age of Boxing

      KEVIN MITCHELL

      FOREWORD BY MIKE STANTON

      First Hamilcar Publications edition, 2019.

      First published in Great Britain by Yellow Jersey Press, 2009.

      Copyright © 2009 Kevin Mitchell

      Foreword © 2019 Mike Stanton

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

      ISBN: 978-1-949590-02-9

      Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Mitchell, Kevin, author. | Stanton, Mike, 1957–, foreword author.

      Title: Jacobs beach : the mob , the garden , and the golden age of boxing / Kevin Mitchell ; foreword by Mike Stanton.

      Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. | Boston, MA: Hamilcar Productions, 2019.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018964155 | 978-1-949590-02-9 (pbk.)

      Subjects: LCSH Jacobs, Michael. | Boxing—Corrupt practices. | Organized Crime. | Boxing—United States—History—20th century. | Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)—History. | BISAC SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing | TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime

      Classification: LCC GV1125 .M58 2019 | DDC 796.83—dc23

      Hamilcar Publications

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      On the cover: (Top) Joe Louis punches Abe Simon during their fight at Madison Square Garden on March 27, 1942. (Bottom) Mike Jacobs sits in his office in the New York Hippodrome after signing a lease to run boxing shows at Madison Square Garden on August 6, 1937.

      Frontispiece: Mug shot of Frankie Carbo, 1950.

      For Marie

      Foreword

      When I set out to write a biography of Rocky Marciano, I wanted to do more than just tell the remarkable story of history's only unbeaten heavyweight champion. I wanted to capture the