Goodreads asked Samuel Hawley:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Samuel Hawley I've returned to nonfiction with the book I'm working on now. It's a history of how boxing played an integral role in the early development of motion picture technology in the 1890s. The title is THE FIGHT THAT STARTED THE MOVIES: THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, THE BIRTH OF CINEMA AND THE FIRST FEATURE FILM. It’s a little known story that I stumbled across several years ago and thought would be an interesting subject for a book. As with most book ideas, it came from reading, poking around, dipping into this book and that.

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