BARNEY ROSS by Century, Douglas

BARNEY ROSS
by Century, Douglas
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At 13, Dov-Ber Rasofsky (AKA Barney Ross) witnessed his father's murder, his mother's nervous breakdown, and the dispatching of his three younger siblings to an orphanage. Vowing to reunite the family, Ross became a petty thief, a messenger boy for Al Capone, and, eventually, an amateur boxer. Turning professional at 19, he would capture three titles in his 10-year career. In 1941, at the age of 32, Ross requested combat duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and earned a Silver Star for his heroic actions at Guadalcanal. While recovering from war wounds and malaria he became addicted to morphine, a habit he would finally kick. Ross also ran guns to Palestine and offered to lead a brigade of Jewish American war veterans. This galvanizing account of Ross' emblematic life is a revelation of both an extraordinary athlete and a remarkable man. . 240 pages, hardbound, April 2006.

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