The Queen of the Ring

The Queen of the Ring
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Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9780802199935
ISBN-13 : 0802199933
Rating : 4/5 (933 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Queen of the Ring by : Jeff Leen

Download or read book The Queen of the Ring written by Jeff Leen and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Kings of Cocaine. In this in-depth account, 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 fought—and beat—male 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. “Jeff Leen has made a fabulous contribution to the sports-history canon. The Queen of the Ring is a marvelous evocation of an era, and a riveting portrait of a one-of-a-kind American moll.” —Sally Jenkins, author of The Real All Americans


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