Joe Louis (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Jakoubek
- First Published: 1990
- Time of Work: 1914–1981
- Setting: Lafayette, Alabama; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; New York City; and Las Vegas, Nevada
- Principal Characters: Joe Louis, Lillie Louis Barrow, John Roxborough, Jack Blackburn, Max Schmeling, Mike Jacobs, Marva Trotter
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Poverty or poor people, Boxing, Athletes, Sports, Biography
- Locales: New York, NY, Detroit, MI, Chicago, IL, Las Vegas, NV, Lafayette, AL
Form and Content
In the biography Joe Louis: Heavyweight Champion, Robert Jakoubek creates immediate interest in the man who became the United States’ first African-American athlete hero by opening the story with dramatic descriptions of scenes from Madison Square Garden on June 22, 1938. This was the day for the rematch between Louis and Max Schmeling. The twenty-four-year-old Louis had been inexcusably defeated by the German fighter, the pride of Adolf Hitler, two years earlier. Jakoubek describes in vivid detail Louis’ limousine, attire, demeanor, and entourage as...
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