{"product_id":"a-flame-of-pure-fire-jack-dempsey-and-the-roaring-20s-9780156014144","title":"A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s","description":"\u003cp\u003eJack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. \u003ci\u003eA Flame of Pure Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash. Hobo, roughneck, fighter, lover, millionaire, movie star, and, finally, a gentleman of rare generosity and sincerity, Dempsey embodied an America grappling with the confusing demands of preeminence. Dempsey lived a life that touched every part of the American experience in the first half of the twentieth century. Roger Kahn, one of our preeminent writers about the human side of sport, has found in Dempsey a subject that matches his own manifold talents. A friend of Dempsey's and an insightful observer of the ways in which sport can measure a society's evolution, Kahn reaches a new and exciting stage in his acclaimed career with this book. In the story of a man John Lardner called \"a flame of pure fire, at last a hero,\" Roger Kahn finds the heart of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKahn, Roger:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWidely acclaimed as the greatest baseball writer of his generation, \u003cb\u003e Roger Kahn \u003c\/b\u003eis most famous for his modern classic, \u003ci\u003e The Boys of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, which James Michener called the finest American book on sports. Kahn is the author of 16 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Head Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaseball Seen from the Pitchers' Mound\u003c\/i\u003e. His magazine articles won five Dutton Best Magazine Story Awards and his book \u003ci\u003eThe Era: When the Yankees Dodgers and Giants Ruled the World\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Born in Brooklyn, he now lives in Stone Ridge, N.Y. with his wife, the psychotherapist Katharine Colt Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491557806354,"sku":"9780156014144","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd889025-75de-4aea-bf4b-c62686c1acc7.jpg?v=1730543447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-flame-of-pure-fire-jack-dempsey-and-the-roaring-20s-9780156014144","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}