The Vault at Pfaff's
"Tremendous Fight!." Saturday Press, October 23, 1858, 3.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract
The author creates a mock story detailing a fight between Patrick O'Flannagan and his wife Bridget at the Five Points. The article details all eleven rounds of the fight, with Bridget the victor. The author then admits that by changing the names, the O'Flannagan report canserve as a report of the fight between Morrisey and Heenan for the Championship of America.