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A harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work. Pearl provides a home and spiritual base for alfred. It is very strongly recommended to prospective amateur builders that accurate copies of the measurement templates be secured and used to check the progress of the hull shape as the boat is being built. The book the the contender by robert lipstye was a decent book. A high school dropout, he works at a grocery store and feels like his life is going nowhere fast.
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