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Fascinating autobiography by James J. Corbett, the 19th century heavyweight champion. One of ten Irish-Americans from San Francisco, he worked at a bank by day (top hat and silk gloves) and fought by night. Source material for one of the best of all the movies Errol Flynn ever made, "Gentleman Jim." I love the way people composed their thoughts and words in the pre-Hemingway era of literature.