The contender /
Lipsyte, Robert.
The contender / Robert Lipsyte. - New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1967. - 227 pages ; 17 cm.
A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.
0064470393
Afro-Americans--Fiction.
Boxing--Fiction.
The contender / Robert Lipsyte. - New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1967. - 227 pages ; 17 cm.
A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.
0064470393
Afro-Americans--Fiction.
Boxing--Fiction.