Good Condition, spine not creased, white pages, some minimal signs of use

"A rock'em sock'em history and how-to guide by two roller girls about the derby they love to death.  Told in a no-B.S. style that makes you feel like an insider sharing a beer after the match.  This is sparkly, terrific, and bad ass!"

When most Americans hear the words "roller derby" today, when they think of the kitschy sport once popular on week-end television during the seventies and eighties.  Originally an endurance competition where skaters travelled the equivalent of a trip between Los Angeles and New York, derby gradually evolved into a violent contact sport where the fighting was often ramped up for the audiences amusement.  But after nearly dying out in the nineties, derby has been making a comeback.  From a mere handful of leagues in the United States just a few years ago, there are now more than 17,000 skaters in more than 400 leagues around the world, with hundreds of thousands of die-hard fans. Down and Derby will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the sport, from its origins in the late 1800's to the rules of a modern bout to the science of picking as alias to the many ways you can get involved off skates. 

Informative, entertaining, and executed with the same tough, sassy, DIY attitude-leavened with plenty of humour-that the sport is known for, Down and Derby is the first and last book on derby you'll ever need.