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Lädt ... The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend (2009. Auflage)von Jeff Leen
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Yes, on one level, the book is an all-American story of a woman who rises above her downtrodden circumstances to make something of herself. Good for Millie. Whatever gets you through the night. But on another level, it’s a sad tale of a woman devoting her life to an endeavor that isn’t worth devoting your life to.
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 Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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