Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown,Used

Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown,Used

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In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, declining realestate sales in nearby Shelby were dimming the little towns prospects of becoming the Tulsa of the West. Then the mayors son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempseys next fight. What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen. Shelbys Folly tells this story in full for the first time.Against the background of boomandbust Montana history, the folly of Shelbys wouldbe promoters unfolds in colorful detail. It took months to persuade Dempseys conniving manager, Jack Doc Kearns, to sign a $300,000 contract. With less than two months before the July 4 fight, the town still had no stadium and no accommodations for tens of thousands of expected fans. Jason Kelly describes the promoters desperate measures and their disastrous results, from the first inkling of the idea to the bitter end of the fifteenround boxing match. Shelby residents identified with the underdog challenger, Tommy Gibbons, who went toetotoe with the champion in an atmosphere crackling with tension. A soap opera of financial intrigue and chicanery, Shelbys Folly chronicles how Big Sky ambition and Doc Kearnss scheming mind collided to produce one of the most preposterous series of events in boxing history.Watch the Shelby's Folly book trailer on YouTube.

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