The human side of a public figure is always interesting. And when a former prize fighter like Mickey Walker, who was welterweight and middleweignt champion of the world, tells his personal story, there's sure to be fascinating reading.

Artist that he is, Mickey employs deft strokes in the telling of a rich life. There is a lively note to all the good and exciting things he has to say . . . a sincere and unpompous note which youth and all those who are young in spirit will find appealing.

He tells of old times in Keighry Head, an Irish section of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he was born – and earlier, too, when he touches sensitively upon the life of Mike and Liz, his father and mother.

We meet another side of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Harry Greb. John L. Sullivan, and the fabulous Bill Duffy and come to know everyday good folks like Pat Higgins and Mother Regina.

Modestly, Mickey mentions his painting career . . . and equally as modestly he has woven throughout his story his nostalgic philosophy which he sums up as a belief in today whose riches are already being stored away in the golden chest of memories.

GENE TUNNEY says:

"Mickey Walker has written a surprising book. He makes philosophical observations of some experiences of his life, but, unfortunately, says very little about his own extraordinary career. Mickey paints well, writes well, and sees life with a clear vision.

"The book on the whole was most exciting to me; once I started reading it, I did not stop until it was finished. I now would like to see Mickey, who has the gift of expression, write a full biography of his remarkable career from the Mickey Walker of Keighry Head to the gifted artist who exhibits his paintings at Metropolitan galleries. That story I want to read, now that I have had a taste of his excellent writing talent."