{"product_id":"9781418465155","title":"Off the Canvas: A Tale of Two Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFast moving and guaranteed to evoke all emotions, the nine chapters of \u003ci\u003eOff the Canvas\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader from the depths of the Great Depression, through the days of segregation and Jim Crow, then into World War II and to the events of today.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese are the recollections of Tony Petrovic, former middleweight champion of the world. At that time there was just eight divisions and one sanctioning body, and his brother Billy, a welterweight champion, The book describs their rise to the top of the boxing world, only to have Billy gunned down by a racist assassin.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOff the Canvas\u003c\/i\u003e will provoke laughter, tears, anger, hate and understanding. It is a work of fiction that is so historically correct, it actually could have happened.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlthough historically correct, \u003ci\u003eOff the Canvas\u003c\/i\u003e is a fictionalized account of two brothers, whose lives are intertwined until the tragic death of Billy, the younger of the two.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWe are taken through this history and these events by older brother, Tony Petrovic, who, at age 80, doesn’t recall as well as he should, but is able to express himself in such a way that once into \u003ci\u003eOff the Canvas\u003c\/i\u003e the reader will not want to put down this novel till its completion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121935761648,"sku":"9781418465155","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781418465155_p0.jpg?v=1763728651","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781418465155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}