A Flame of Pure Fire - (Harvest Book) by Roger Kahn (Paperback)

The A Flame of Pure Fire book is an extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash.

Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight champion of the world from 1919 to 1927, embodied an America grappling with the confusing demands of preeminence.

This book chronicles the brutal bouts of the "Manassa Mauler" and illustrates how the raucous 1920s shaped Dempsey and the mark he left on American history.

With two 8-page photo inserts, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in sports history or the evolution of America in the first half of the twentieth century.