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Books by Springs Toledo
  | | Smokestack Lightning Harry Greb, 1919 by Springs Toledo Paperback, 171 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-07-762581-5, ISBN: 1-07-762581-2 ""Springs Toledo is the best boxing writer working today, and perhaps the best sportswriter, period. His work combines the rarest of attributes: a literary and poetic grasp of the English language, and a detailed and rigorous understanding of history." --Dr. David Crawford Jones, Ohio State University In January 1919, a Pittsburgh prizefighter married an ex-chorus girl and with her at his side, proclaimed himself ready to thrash "the who ..." |
 | | The Gods of War by Springs Toledo Paperback, Published 2014 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-69260-394-6, ISBN: 1-69260-394-9 |
 | | Plough Quarterly No. 34 - Generations (Paperback or Softback) by Emmanuel Katongole, Clarice Lispector, Springs Toledo, Louise Perry, Óscar Esquivias, Shira Telushkin, Aaron Poochigian, Monica Pelliccia, Matthew Lee Anderson, Terence Sweeney, Alastair Roberts, Rhys Laverty Paperback, Published 2022 by Plough Publishing House ISBN-13: 978-1-63608-074-1, ISBN: 1-63608-074-X "Here is a cure for rootlessness. On this theme: - Matthew Lee Anderson argues that even in an age of IVF no one has a right to have a child." |
 | | Murderers' Row in search of boxing's greatest outcasts by Springs Toledo, Eddie Muller Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2017 by Tora Book Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9543924-9-9, ISBN: 0-9543924-9-3 "There used to be a particularly dangerous and crime-ridden alley located in what is now the SoHo district of New York City; it ran between ramshackle tenements in a black neighborhood known as Darktown in the early 19th century. “Murderers’ Row” was no place for the decent or the delicate. By the 1870s, the term was used in direct reference to the second tier of the Tombs prison, which loomed a half mile from the alley. In 1918, New Yor ..." |
 | | In the Cheap Seats by Springs Toledo, Jim Lampley Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 2016 by Tora Book Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9543924-6-8, ISBN: 0-9543924-6-9 "In his latest collection of award-winning boxing essays, Springs Toledo takes a hard look at the hardest game from a seat next to yours. Where the widely-acclaimed The Gods of War (Tora, 2014) zoomed in at the greatness of the golden era, In the Cheap Seats zooms out for a panoramic view of the wild world of boxing: the true champions and contenders, the stumblebums trying to make a buck inside of six rounds, the fans who swear by it an ..." |
 | | The Gods of War by Springs Toledo Hardcover, 218 Pages, Published 2014 by Tora Book Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9543924-5-1, ISBN: 0-9543924-5-0 ""The Gods of War is filled with beautifully-written essays about a sport that is considered anything but beautiful." --Jeremy Hobson, NPR. Award-winning essayist and boxing historian Springs Toledo tells the ..." |
 | | Plough Quarterly No. 27 - The Violence of Love (Paperback) by Anthony M. Barr, Gracy Olmstead, Stanley Hauerwas, Zito Madu, Rachel Pieh Jones, Springs Toledo, Patrick Tomassi, Scott Beauchamp, Andrea Grosso Ciponte, Eberhard Arnold, Catherine Tufariello Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2021 by Plough Publishing House, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-63608-034-5, ISBN: 1-63608-034-0 "- Gracy Olmstead describes welcoming the baby she did not expect during a pandemic. - Patrick Tomassi debates nonviolence with Portland's anarchists and Proud Boys. - Scott Beauchamp advises on what not to ask war veterans." |
 | | Black Ink by Jose Corpas, Springs Toledo Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2016 by Win By Ko Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-9903703-8-3, ISBN: 0-9903703-8-0 "Black Ink is the long overdue biography of Panama Al Brown, a boxer so unpopular, fans stormed the ring and nearly killed him in an attack that might be considered a hate crime today. Outside the ring, the leaders of the "Manly Art" were so determined not to have a gay boxing champion that they stripped him of his recognition, without an explanation. But Brown was too good, and eventually fought his way to become recognized as the first ..." |
 | | Murderers' Row In Search of Boxing's Greatest Outcasts by Toledo, Springs, Muller, Eddie Paperback, 381 Pages, Published 2020 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-70762-532-1, ISBN: 1-70762-532-8 |