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Language: en
Pages: 256
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-10-28 - Publisher: Praeger
The author reports on the many young Jewish fighters who began boxing for the money. In the 1920s and 1930s, "Jews were represented in almost every aspect of th
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Pages: 332
Pages: 332
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