Wrestling to Rasslin: Ancient Sport to American Spectacle [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Gerald W. Morton (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1985

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 has thrilled the world over with such early athletes as William Muldoon, George Hackenschmidt, and Tom Jenkins. 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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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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

Hardcover: 169 pages
Publisher: Bowling Green State Univ Popular Pr; illustrated edition edition (August 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0879723238
ISBN-13: 978-0879723231
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a detailed, scholarly look at professional wrestling, July 30, 1996

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Wrestling to Rasslin' provides a straightforward analysis of American Professional Wrestling. Written by two college professors (and rasslin' fans), the book does an outstanding analysis of the psychology behind the success of the sport

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