Striking Distance: Bruce Lee and the Dawn of Martial Arts in America Contributor(s): Russo, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496217063 ISBN-13: 9781496217066 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Sports & Recreation | Martial Arts & Self-defense |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2019946337 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Locality - San Francisco, California |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the spring of 1959, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lee returned to San Francisco, the city of his birth. Although the martial arts were widely unknown in America, Bruce encountered a robust fight culture in the Bay Area, populated with talented and trailblazing practitioners such as Lau Bun, Chinatown's aging kung fu patriarch; Wally Jay, the innovative Hawaiian jujitsu master; and James Lee, the Oakland street fighter. Regarded by some as a brash loudmouth and by others as a dynamic visionary, Bruce spent his first few years back in America advocating for a modern approach to the martial arts, and showing little regard for the damaged egos left in his wake. Charles Russo is an award-winning journalist who lives in San Francisco.
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