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cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 11 Jul 2012, 18:45
by johnnykayo
just read a cracking book called "shadowland" its about the former british boxing promoter benny huntman who was a righthand man with jack solomons at one time. not only was this man a fight promoter but a out and out crook
he was involved with blinky palermo and frankie carbo and all the old mobsters like meyer lansky,bugsy siegel etc. but its the freddie mills murder and his sons theory of what really happened to freddie and according to him it was murder
im not goin to spoil it for you but this book is a exellent read and has some great boxing photos in it,wrote by douglas thompson and contribution by huntmans son roger huntman makes it very compelling of dark side of boxing from a golden age....massive thumbs up for this book
WELL RECCOMENDED !!!!
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 13 Nov 2013, 12:23
by broonel
johnnykayo wrote:just read a cracking book called "shadowland" its about the former british boxing promoter benny huntman who was a righthand man with jack solomons at one time. not only was this man a fight promoter but a out and out crook :oo he was involved with blinky palermo and frankie carbo and all the old mobsters like meyer lansky,bugsy siegel etc. but its the freddie mills murder and his sons theory of what really happened to freddie and according to him it was murder :shame: im not goin to spoil it for you but this book is a exellent read and has some great boxing photos in it,wrote by douglas thompson and contribution by huntmans son roger huntman makes it very compelling of dark side of boxing from a golden age....massive thumbs up for this book :TU: WELL RECCOMENDED !!!!
RE Shadowlands
I agree this shadowlands is a great read and seems to explain Mills s death much better than suicide . It seems this Benny Huntman was the closest thing to a British Lanski letting the Krays and Richardsons have all the notoriety while having much more power and influence .
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 13 Nov 2013, 17:32
by TJ77
Cheers OP always on the lookout for a good book.
I will put it on my letter to Santa.
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 13 Nov 2013, 18:23
by cutsman
johnnykayo wrote:just read a cracking book called "shadowland" its about the former british boxing promoter benny huntman who was a righthand man with jack solomons at one time. not only was this man a fight promoter but a out and out crook
he was involved with blinky palermo and frankie carbo and all the old mobsters like meyer lansky,bugsy siegel etc. but its the freddie mills murder and his sons theory of what really happened to freddie and according to him it was murder
im not goin to spoil it for you but this book is a exellent read and has some great boxing photos in it,wrote by douglas thompson and contribution by huntmans son roger huntman makes it very compelling of dark side of boxing from a golden age....massive thumbs up for this book
WELL RECCOMENDED !!!!
Can't find this book anywhere. Fancy doing a swap? I've got some good boxing books to exchange!
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 07:43
by King Tubby
There's copies on Amazon, mate.
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 08:17
by J
Sounds good its been a while since i had a good old boxing based read four klings was last one.
got this off play 8 quid.
thanks for the tip.
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 09:13
by cutsman
Well I would be happy to exchange either Barry mcguigans cyclone or sugar ray Leonard's big fight both hardbacks for a copy.
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 09:13
by matko
TJ77 wrote:Cheers OP always on the lookout for a good book.
I will put it on my letter to Santa.
Me to nice 1
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 09:41
by JC
johnnykayo wrote:just read a cracking book called "shadowland" its about the former british boxing promoter benny huntman who was a righthand man with jack solomons at one time. not only was this man a fight promoter but a out and out crook
he was involved with blinky palermo and frankie carbo and all the old mobsters like meyer lansky,bugsy siegel etc. but its the freddie mills murder and his sons theory of what really happened to freddie and according to him it was murder
im not goin to spoil it for you but this book is a exellent read and has some great boxing photos in it,wrote by douglas thompson and contribution by huntmans son roger huntman makes it very compelling of dark side of boxing from a golden age....massive thumbs up for this book
WELL RECCOMENDED !!!!
Who is it by?
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 15 Nov 2013, 04:59
by orbtastic
Douglas Thompson, don't bother searching Amazon for "Shadowland" as you will get a load of lame erotic fiction.
It's been republished as Mafialand.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadowland-Mafi ... s+thompson
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mafialand-forme ... s+thompson
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 15 Nov 2013, 12:52
by josco
Many thanks - just ordered it (brand new) at £1.80 plus £2.80 postage. Seemed like a bargain!
Re: cracking book "shadowland" !!!
Posted: 15 Nov 2013, 17:16
by gerryd77
Is that the book that claims mills was an extremely bad guy?