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Title: The Queen of the Ring
Condition: New
Subtitle: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend
EAN: 9780802144829
ISBN: 9780802144829
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 26/08/2010
Description: The Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era when a petite midwesterner used her beauty and brawn to dominate America’s most masculine sport.At only five feet two, Mildred Burke was an unlikely candidate for the ring. A waitress barely scraping by on Depression-era tips, she saw her way out when she attended her first wrestling match. When women were still struggling for equality with men, Burke regularly foughtand beatmale wrestlers. Rippling with muscle and dripping with diamonds, she walked the fine line between pin-up beauty and hardened brawler.An unforgettable slice of Americana, The Queen of the Ring captures the golden age of wrestling, when one gritty, glamorous woman rose through the ranks to take her place in athletic history.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 209mm
Item Length: 139mm
Item Weight: 439g
Author: Jeff Leen
Genre: Biography
Topic: Sports & Hobbies
Release Year: 2010

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