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This is a must read for anyone who wants to learn about the great Lew Jenkins or the history of boxing. * Brick City Boxing * From Boxing Ring to Battlefield is an engaging read. Katie Jenkins. . . comes across as a particularly interesting character. . . . I knew next to nothing about Lew Jenkins when I started reading From Boxing Ring to Battlefield. I feel as though I know him much better now. * Boxing News * Author Gene Pantalone delves into the life of Lew Jenkins in his latest book, From Boxing Ring to Battlefield. . . . . [A] must-read for all boxing fans. Throughout the two-hundred pages, Gene Pantalone does a terrific job at engaging the reader and making him become invested in the development of Jenkins as if it was a life story being played out in real time. Pantalone also does a great job telling the stories of the people that played different roles in Jenkins life. . . . If not for Pantalone this is the type of story that may have been lost in the annals of time. Lew Jenkins may have been viewed as just another lightweight champion from years past. Instead readers are now able to connect with an intriguing character who finds purpose in the most unlikely of places during a period of time that is becoming more and more distant. * The Sweet Science * Pantalone is a first-rate researcher, enabling him to depict scenes that could not vary more wildly in content - from Jenkins' early fights in backwater Texas venues to lethal battles in Korea's Haean-Myon Valley near today's Demilitarized Zone. He describes the emotion and technique of a 1940s New York City title match with the same skill as the even more challenging nuances of 1950s land-based warfare. * Fieldhouse Asheville * From Boxing Ring to Battlefield: The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins is the sort of high-spirited account that only Jenkins could inspire [and] Pantalone is the biographer Jenkins deserves, telling the story simply but thoroughly . . . Jenkins' sad smile is all over this book. * Ringside Seat * Gene Pantalone has done a marvelous job in bringing Lew Jenkins' life to the written page. It is a biography that reads like a fast-moving movie, with Pantalone's vivid writing painting a multitude of colorful scenes inside your head. Pantalone instills the atmosphere of the time in From Boxing Ring to Battlefield. You can almost smell the sweat and the smoke of the gyms and hear the thump of the leather upon flesh. You can most certainly hear the clink of glasses and bottles as Lew drinks himself into a stupor between fights. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Golden Age of boxing that existed between 1920 and 1950. It is also a great read even for those who might not class themselves as a boxing fan but still enjoy a good story. The most impressive thing perhaps about Lew Jenkins' life story is that it really did happen. What a tale it is indeed. * The Boxing Glove * A full-length biography of boxer Lew Jenkins has been long overdue, and here Gene Pantalone does a good job of connecting Jenkins' hard-scrabble upbringing in rural Texas to the bright lights of Broadway to the grim realities of the battlefield. It's an exceptional story of a fighter's struggle, success, disgrace, and a sincere and hard-earned redemption. -- Clay Coppedge, author of Texas Singularities and Forgotten Tales of Texas This is a superb book that I highly recommend to all boxing fans. It is a great read. -- Al Bernstein, Hall of Fame Boxing Analyst, Showtime The life of Lew Jenkins is the stuff of boxing legend. From his Depression era upbringing and carnival barnstorming to winning a world title and squandering it all before becoming a war hero, Jenkins is an epic pulp novel come to life. In the capable hands of Gene Pantalone the story brims with all the hardscrabble detail you want in a great boxing book. This is a must-read for fans of the squared circle's history. -- Chad Dundas, sportswriter and award-winning author of Champion of the World Gene Pantalone has done a remarkable job bringing lightweight champ and Hall of Famer Lew Jenkins to life in this most entertaining and informative biography. The Sweetwater Swatter was one helluva hard puncher... so's his biographer. -- Clarence George, boxing writer and historian Too often the history of boxing boils down to tales about heavyweights, as if the exploits of Sullivan, Johnson, Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Ali, and Tyson are all that matter. Well, Lew Jenkins-lightweight champion, war hero, and a danger to himself as much as any opponent-mattered. His is the story of survival in the ring, in two wars, and in life. Gene Pantalone's biography of Jenkins richly recounts a fascinating life. -- Randy Roberts, professor of history, Purdue University, and co-author, A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Until the publication of Gene Pantalone's biography, the annals of boxing have been missing a chapter-a chapter on Hall-of-Famer Lew Jenkins. Jenkins was a bony Texan who, as a world lightweight champion, mastered the stylized warfare of the ring as well as the real thing-WWII and the Korean War. A must-read for all students of the history of the sweet science, Pantalone's richly-documented biography presents an arresting portrait of a boxer and soldier who was as wild as a pirate and as courageous as Achilles. -- Gordon Marino, veteran boxing trainer and award-winning boxing writer for the Wall Street Journal and HBO Inside Boxing I served in combat with Lew Jenkins during the Korean War when he received his Silver Star. Jenkins was a brave soldier who cared for his men. It was an honor to have served with him. -- Ronald E. Rosser, Medal of Honor recipient, Korea 1951-52 Lew Jenkins had a howitzer of a right hand and sometimes fought drunk. What more could you ask for? -- Nigel Collins, ESPN Boxing analyst and columnist, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, and former editor-in-chief of The Ring magazine

Lew Jenkins had a howitzer of a right hand and sometimes fought drunk. What more could you ask for? -- Nigel Collins, ESPN Boxing analyst and columnist, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, and former editor-in-chief of The Ring magazine I served in combat with master sergeant Lew Jenkins during the Korean War when he received his Silver Star. Sergeant Jenkins was a brave soldier who cared for his men. It was an honor to have served with him. -- Ronald E. Rosser, Medal of Honor recipient, Korea 1951-52 A full-length biography of boxer Lew Jenkins has been long overdue, and here Gene Pantalone does a good job of connecting Jenkins' hard-scrabble upbringing in rural Texas to the bright lights of Broadway to the grim realities of the battlefield. It's an exceptional story of a fighter's struggle, success, disgrace, and a sincere and hard-earned redemption. -- Clay Coppedge, author of Texas Singularities and Forgotten Tales of Texas The life of Lew Jenkins is the stuff of boxing legend. From his Depression era upbringing and carnival barnstorming to winning a world title and squandering it all before becoming a war hero, Jenkins is an epic pulp novel come to life. In the capable hands of Gene Pantalone the story brims with all the hardscrabble detail you want in a great boxing book. This is a must-read for fans of the squared circle's history. -- Chad Dundas, sportswriter and award-winning author of Champion of the World

Lew Jenkins had a howitzer of a right hand and sometimes fought drunk. What more could you ask for? -- Nigel Collins, ESPN Boxing analyst and columnist, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, and former editor-in-chief of The Ring magazine Author Gene Pantalone delves into the life of Lew Jenkins in his latest book, From Boxing Ring to Battlefield. . . . . [A] must-read for all boxing fans. Throughout the two-hundred pages, Gene Pantalone does a terrific job at engaging the reader and making him become invested in the development of Jenkins as if it was a life story being played out in real time. Pantalone also does a great job telling the stories of the people that played different roles in Jenkins life. . . . If not for Pantalone this is the type of story that may have been lost in the annals of time. Lew Jenkins may have been viewed as just another lightweight champion from years past. Instead readers are now able to connect with an intriguing character who finds purpose in the most unlikely of places during a period of time that is becoming more and more distant. * The Sweet Science * From Boxing Ring to Battlefield: The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins is the sort of high-spirited account that only Jenkins could inspire [and] Pantalone is the biographer Jenkins deserves, telling the story simply but thoroughly . . . Jenkins' sad smile is all over this book. * Ringside Seat * Pantalone is a first-rate researcher, enabling him to depict scenes that could not vary more wildly in content - from Jenkins' early fights in backwater Texas venues to lethal battles in Korea's Haean-Myon Valley near today's Demilitarized Zone. He describes the emotion and technique of a 1940s New York City title match with the same skill as the even more challenging nuances of 1950s land-based warfare. * Fieldhouse Asheville * A full-length biography of boxer Lew Jenkins has been long overdue, and here Gene Pantalone does a good job of connecting Jenkins' hard-scrabble upbringing in rural Texas to the bright lights of Broadway to the grim realities of the battlefield. It's an exceptional story of a fighter's struggle, success, disgrace, and a sincere and hard-earned redemption. -- Clay Coppedge, author of Texas Singularities and Forgotten Tales of Texas The life of Lew Jenkins is the stuff of boxing legend. From his Depression era upbringing and carnival barnstorming to winning a world title and squandering it all before becoming a war hero, Jenkins is an epic pulp novel come to life. In the capable hands of Gene Pantalone the story brims with all the hardscrabble detail you want in a great boxing book. This is a must-read for fans of the squared circle's history. -- Chad Dundas, sportswriter and award-winning author of Champion of the World Gene Pantalone has done a remarkable job bringing lightweight champ and Hall of Famer Lew Jenkins to life in this most entertaining and informative biography. The Sweetwater Swatter was one helluva hard puncher... so's his biographer. -- Clarence George, boxing writer and historian Too often the history of boxing boils down to tales about heavyweights, as if the exploits of Sullivan, Johnson, Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Ali, and Tyson are all that matter. Well, Lew Jenkins-lightweight champion, war hero, and a danger to himself as much as any opponent-mattered. His is the story of survival in the ring, in two wars, and in life. Gene Pantalone's biography of Jenkins richly recounts a fascinating life. -- Randy Roberts, professor of history, Purdue University, and co-author, A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Until the publication of Gene Pantalone's biography, the annals of boxing have been missing a chapter-a chapter on Hall-of-Famer Lew Jenkins. Jenkins was a bony Texan who, as a world lightweight champion, mastered the stylized warfare of the ring as well as the real thing-WWII and the Korean War. A must-read for all students of the history of the sweet science, Pantalone's richly-documented biography presents an arresting portrait of a boxer and soldier who was as wild as a pirate and as courageous as Achilles. -- Gordon Marino, veteran boxing trainer and award-winning boxing writer for the Wall Street Journal and HBO Inside Boxing I served in combat with Lew Jenkins during the Korean War when he received his Silver Star. Jenkins was a brave soldier who cared for his men. It was an honor to have served with him. -- Ronald E. Rosser, Medal of Honor recipient, Korea 1951-52 This is a must read for anyone who wants to learn about the great Lew Jenkins or the history of boxing. * Brick City Boxing *

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Gene Pantalone is an expert on the golden age of boxing—1920 to 1950—and Madame Bey’s boxing camp, which hosted fourteen heavyweight champions and no fewer than eighty International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees. He is a contributing writer to the boxing website The Weigh-In and author of Madame Bey’s: Home to Boxing Legends.

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