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Pennsylvania Boxing : Living the American Dream
Web Sites

Bernard Hopkins http://www.bernardhopkins.net/

The official website for "The Executioner", Bernard Hopkins, is full of statistics, personal and professional information, and images of one of the greatest fighters to come out of Philadelphia.

Joe Palooka-Don Markstein's Toonapedia http://www.toonopedia.com/palooka.htm

A vast repository of cartoon knowledge, this website gives information about creation and life of Joe Palooka as a comic strip.

Philly Boxing History http://www.phillyboxinghistory.com

Rocky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky

This site gives summary information about the cast, plot, and production of the original Rocky.

What is the American Dream? http://international.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/dream/thedream.html

In this background essay for a Library of Congress lesson plan, a variety of interpretations of "the American Dream" are explored

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