References in Popular Culture
A play about Mendoza, “The Punishing Blow,” by Randy Cohen, debuted in 2009.
A Conspiracy of Paper, a novel by David Liss, includes a fictional character inspired by Mendoza (author's note).
Mendoza features as a character in Rodney Stone, a Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Mendoza is a minor character in T. Coraghessan Boyle's 1982 novel, "Water Music".
The boxer appears in Will Eisner's 2003 graphic novel, "Fagin the Jew".
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“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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