Lipsyte, Robert.

The contender. - New York, Harper & Row [1967] - 182 p. 22 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.

LCCN: ac 67003590

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Boxing--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.L67 / Co

Dewey Class. No.: Fic