Wrestling to Rasslin': Ancient Sport to American Spectacle
Author:   Gerald W. Morton ,  George M. O'Brien
Publisher:   The Popular Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780879723248


Pages:   170
Publication Date:   31 March 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Wrestling to Rasslin': Ancient Sport to American Spectacle


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Wrestling to Rasslin' traces the roots of one of man's oldest competitive sports. Beginning in sporting bars in the late 1800s and graduating to Barnum sideshow tents, wrestling thrilled the world with such early athletes as William Muldoon and George Hackenschmidt. After World War II and the advent of television, wrestling took a turn toward the dramatic, emphasizing conflicts between good and evil.

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Author:   Gerald W. Morton ,  George M. O'Brien
Publisher:   The Popular Press
Imprint:   The Popular Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.70cm
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9780879723248


ISBN 10:   0879723246
Pages:   170
Publication Date:   31 March 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Gerald W. Morton is Distinguished Research Professor of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. George M. O'Brien is professor emeritus of German and Latin in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

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