Surprise Castle
The Stuff What Actually Is

The Stuff What Actually Is - Paperback

$14.99
$19.95
-25%
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:J. A. NunnPublish date:2025-06-03Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:GFBISBN-13:9781964721484ISBN-10:1964721482UPC:9781964721484Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Coming of Age, Southern, HistoricalBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCDS9R9P3B

The moving story of a young British immigrant who, drafted after Pearl Harbor and stationed in the Jim Crow South, begins to question basic assumptions about his adoptive country-as well as himself.

It's 1942. Mervyn Gower, a college dropout and wannabe boxer, works as a locker boy at the Beverly Hills YMCA but trains under "Mugsy" Levine-part-time boxing mentor and full-time local gangster-at an LA gym closer to home. Despite Gower's desire to fit in, he is forced to compete as "The Welsh Kid" and sees being drafted as his chance to prove himself a "real American."

Assigned to a segregated Army base in the South, Gower finds a very different America from the one portrayed in the movies. It's punctuated with "Colored Only" signs, civilians forced into internment camps, and better treatment of German POWs than of Black US soldiers.

Inspired by real-life stories and backed by author J. A. Nunn's thorough research, The Stuff What Actually Is explores the inner life of a young fighter as he recognizes the inequities he encounters, one bout at a time.


Language:EnglishPublisher:GFBISBN-13:9781964721484ISBN-10:1964721482UPC:9781964721484Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Coming of Age, Southern, HistoricalBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCDS9R9P3B
Publisher: GFB

Contributor(s)

J. A. Nunn

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All