Roy Harris of Cut and Shoot

Texas Backwoods Battler

Biography & Memoir, Sports
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Author: Robin Montgomery Ph.D., Roy Harris Attorny at law ISBN: 9781475960686
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: November 17, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Robin Montgomery Ph.D., Roy Harris Attorny at law
ISBN: 9781475960686
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: November 17, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Generations of fighting Harris blood exploded through Roy Harriss veins that August night in 1958 as he stood in the boxing ring in Los Angeles. He was facing the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, Floyd Patterson, who, at the time, had earned that crown at an earlier age than any other man in history.

Roy faced a psychological handicap met by few other heavyweight challengers. How could a rustic backwoodsman turned gentleman-scholar-soldier cope with such a challenge? What strange events had conspired to create the meeting of such a contrast in pugilistic antagonists?

Roy Harris of Cut and Shoot is, in part, the story of how and why Roy Harris emerged from backwoods obscurity to the pinnacle of fistic heavena heavyweight title bout. But this is also the story of the rapidly vanishing breed that spawned and nourished himthe rugged individualistic frontiersmen from the oil-rich southeast Texas thicket country. Today, Cut and Shoot is a growing community northeast of Houston. Roy has retired from illustrious careers not only in boxing, but as an attorney, real estate mogul, and the county clerk of Montgomery County, Texas, for twenty-eight years.

Roys personal memories are inserted throughout Roy Harris of Cut and Shoot, adding authenticity to this dramatic saga.

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Generations of fighting Harris blood exploded through Roy Harriss veins that August night in 1958 as he stood in the boxing ring in Los Angeles. He was facing the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, Floyd Patterson, who, at the time, had earned that crown at an earlier age than any other man in history.

Roy faced a psychological handicap met by few other heavyweight challengers. How could a rustic backwoodsman turned gentleman-scholar-soldier cope with such a challenge? What strange events had conspired to create the meeting of such a contrast in pugilistic antagonists?

Roy Harris of Cut and Shoot is, in part, the story of how and why Roy Harris emerged from backwoods obscurity to the pinnacle of fistic heavena heavyweight title bout. But this is also the story of the rapidly vanishing breed that spawned and nourished himthe rugged individualistic frontiersmen from the oil-rich southeast Texas thicket country. Today, Cut and Shoot is a growing community northeast of Houston. Roy has retired from illustrious careers not only in boxing, but as an attorney, real estate mogul, and the county clerk of Montgomery County, Texas, for twenty-eight years.

Roys personal memories are inserted throughout Roy Harris of Cut and Shoot, adding authenticity to this dramatic saga.

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