Article: SHADOW STALKED DEMPSEY.(LIVING)

Byline: Nick Clooney

My wife, Nina, knows how to get to me. She buys books of biographies she knows will intrigue me, then sits back and listens as I mutter and mumble my approval or disapproval of each as I devour them on my way to sleep.

She heard plenty of both when I read a biography of the great boxer Jack Dempsey. ''A Flame of Pure Fire,'' written by Roger Kahn.Nina knew that I admired Mr. Kahn extravagantly. In my opinion, his ''Boys of Summer'' is one of the half-dozen great books ever written with a sports theme.

To his credit, Mr. Kahn took on more than just the story of the fierce, violent, intimidating Mr. Dempsey. He integrated ...

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