Ballyhoo!
The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling
Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2023], ©2023.
Format: Book
Description: xix, 296 pages : illustrations 24 cm.
"Ballyhoo! is a history of professional wrestling's formative period in the U.S., from roughly 1874 to 1941, and the contested interplay of wrestlers and promoters who built the "sport" as we know it. During this period, the major conventions that would define wrestling to the present day were perfected and codified, as wrestling morphed from a rough sport practiced on farms and at town gatherings to melodramatic mass entertainment that reliably drew large crowds in cities across the nation"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Sports and American culture series.
Subjects:
Wrestling -- United States -- History.
Wrestling -- Social aspects -- United States.
Wrestlers -- United States -- Social conditions.
Wrestling -- United States -- History.
Wrestling -- Social aspects -- United States.
Wrestlers -- United States -- Social conditions.
ISBN:
9780826222992
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Combat Lan | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.