<div>A. J. Liebling (1904–63) was a longtime contributor and columnist for the <i>New Yorker</i>. He was the author of <i>The Sweet Science</i> and nineteen other books of nonfiction, including <i>Chicago: The Second City</i>, available in a Bison Books edition.</div>
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This collection of A. J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the 'sweet science of bruising' brings vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday, including Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeb... SEE MORE