The Resource Champion of the world, Chad Dundas
Champion of the world, Chad Dundas
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The item Champion of the world, Chad Dundas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
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- "In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value. Late summer, 1921: Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean has spent the past two years on the carnival circuit performing the dangerous "hangman's drop" and taking on all comers in nightly challenge bouts. But when he and his cardsharp wife, Moira, are marooned in the wilds of Oregon, Pepper accepts an offer to return to the world of wrestling as a trainer for Garfield Taft, a down-and-out African American heavyweight contender in search of a comeback and a shot at the world title. At the training camp in rural Montana, Pepper and Moira soon realize that nothing is what it seems: not Taft, the upcoming match, or the training facility itself. With nowhere to go and no options left, Pepper and Moira must carefully navigate the world of gangsters, bootlegging, and fixed competitions, in the hope that they can carve out a viable future. A story of second chances and a sport at the cusp of major change, Champion of the World is a wonderful historical debut from a new talent in fiction"--
- "In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Champion of the world
- Title
- Champion of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Chad Dundas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value. Late summer, 1921: Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean has spent the past two years on the carnival circuit performing the dangerous "hangman's drop" and taking on all comers in nightly challenge bouts. But when he and his cardsharp wife, Moira, are marooned in the wilds of Oregon, Pepper accepts an offer to return to the world of wrestling as a trainer for Garfield Taft, a down-and-out African American heavyweight contender in search of a comeback and a shot at the world title. At the training camp in rural Montana, Pepper and Moira soon realize that nothing is what it seems: not Taft, the upcoming match, or the training facility itself. With nowhere to go and no options left, Pepper and Moira must carefully navigate the world of gangsters, bootlegging, and fixed competitions, in the hope that they can carve out a viable future. A story of second chances and a sport at the cusp of major change, Champion of the World is a wonderful historical debut from a new talent in fiction"--
- "In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dundas, Chad
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3604.U537
- LC item number
- C53 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wrestlers
- Wrestling
- Nineteen twenties
- Organized crime
- Distilling, Illicit
- Oregon
- Montana
- Label
- Champion of the world, Chad Dundas
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn927378417
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 474 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399176081
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016007262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Champion of the world, Chad Dundas
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn927378417
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 474 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399176081
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016007262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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