Fodder Fighter: A Gentleman Boxer Kindle Edition

Published posthumously, this is my father's tale. A boxing story told in his own street dialect, growing up in early 20th century New York. Irish and Italian immigrants battling in the ring, and all across town. Young men realizing their strength and dreams in the celebrity of sport. Against a backdrop of war and joblessness, boxing was front page news.Jim O'Rourke captures the breathlessness of his time, its hope and desperation. Reminiscent of Hemingway and Jack London, his voice is distinctively male, and of a certain era.Always aware of my father's writing passions, I uncovered a bevy of files and notes after he'd passed. Piecing them together, with the help of my father's eldest brother Jack, this book came into being. It is certainly a project of the heart, but one I think that carries its own. Read more