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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: May 2005
Genre: Fiction - Media Tie-in
Retail Price: $6.99
Pages: 288
Based on and Extraordinary True Story
Inspired by the life of legendary athlete Jim Braddock, a once-promising light-heavyweight boxer forced into retirement after a string of losses. As the nation enters the Great Depression, Braddock works any job he can get to support his family, until a twist of fate puts him back in the ring against the second-ranked world contender. To everyone's amazement, he wins.Despite repeated injuries and being pounds lighter than his opponents, Braddock continues to win. Carrying the hopes and dreams of a disenfranchised nation on his shoulders, Braddock, dubbed the