Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

A groundbreaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson,Last on His Feetoffers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century.

Publisher Marketing: Through a stylish mix of prose, blank verse and illustrations, Last on His Feet captures these tensions with unsparing poignancy.--Brandon Tensley "Smithsonian" Review Quotes : A desert boxing match becomes an epic, a tragic symbol, and a thunderous encapsulation of America's bloody racial history in this passionately told graphic history from Daoudi ( Monk! ) and Matejka ( The Big Smoke ) about America's first Black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson (1878-1946) . . . This is a big brawl of a book that, like the greatest boxing matches, finds the poetry in the violence.--Publishers Weekly, starred review Review Quotes : Lyrical narration and powerfully evocative black-and-white illustration combine for an uncommonly propulsive, completely immersive biography.--Library Journal, starred review Publisher Marketing :

Format: Paperback | Pages: 336 | Publication Date: 2025-03-18