The ballad of Les Darcy / Peter Fitzsimons.
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TextPublication details: Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers, 2007Description: 221 p. : ill. ; 20cmISBN: 9780732286361 (pbk.); 0732286360Subject(s): Darcy, Les, 1895-1917 | Boxers (Sports) -- Australia -- Biography | Boxing -- AustraliaDDC classification: 796.830994 Summary: Les Darcy (31 October 1895 - 24 May 1917) was an Australian boxer. Though he was a middleweight, he held both the Australian Heavyweight & Middleweight Championship titles in 1916.
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'Put Les Darcy in a uniform and the men of Australia will march to hell behind him.' That was the message Australia's great 'Blacksmith Boxer" was getting, as debate about conscription raged in the middle of World War 1. The problem was that Les Darcy didn't want to march at the for of such a procession, nor to such a destination. He wanted to continue what had been doing to extraordinary acclaim before the war began - taking on the best boxers the world could throw at him, and lifting his entire family out of poverty as he did so. Torn between the duty he felt he owed his family, and the duty many felt he owed his country, Les made his choice ..... and faced the consequences. And so unfolds a ballad of love, war, betrayal, mystery, patriotism and heroism; a ballad of a champion whose story still has the power to move the stoniest heart. (from back cover)
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Les Darcy (31 October 1895 - 24 May 1917) was an Australian boxer. Though he was a middleweight, he held both the Australian Heavyweight & Middleweight Championship titles in 1916.
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