Cover of The Queen Of The Ring Sex Muscles Diamonds And The Making Of An American Legend

Book 2009

The Queen Of The Ring Sex Muscles Diamonds And The Making Of An American Legend

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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Published
2009
  • Women wrestlers
  • Wrestlers
  • Biography
  • Women, united states, history

"The Queen of the Ring is the astounding but little-known story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In his extraordinarily researched account, Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era of American history--a time when a petite Midwesterner used her beauty and brawn to captivate audiences across the globe and dominate America's most masculine sport"--Page 2 of cover.