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.