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One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting
Atlantic Monthly Press
January 2007
On Sale: January 2, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 0871139502
EAN: 9780871139504
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In 1999, after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around
the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded
with cash and intent on not working until he’d spent it all.
It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could
finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a
year, he was in Bangkok training with the greatest fighter
in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history and stepping through
the ropes for a professional bout. That one fight wasn’t
enough. Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey
into how and why we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian
jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions. Along the
way, Sheridan delivers an insightful look at violence as a
career and a spectator sport, a behind-the-pageantry glimpse
of athletes at the top of their terrifying game. An
extraordinary combination of gonzo journalism and
participatory sports writing, A Fighter’s Heart is a
dizzying first-hand account of what it’s like to reach the
peak of finely disciplined personal aggression, to hit—and
be hit.
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