James J. Corbett: A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner

Tells the rags-to-riches story of boxer and vaudevillian James Corbett. Corbett was instrumental in making boxing and popular theater justifiable commercial enterprises to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He became America’s first national sports hero and went on to formulate the theater world’s star system. Fields is a social historian specializing in American popular theater. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)