The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend

Leen, Jeff

ISBN 10: 0802144829 / ISBN 13: 9780802144829

Published by Grove Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802144829
• ISBN 13: 9780802144829
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

“In a class by itself. A serious history of one of this country’s goofiest pastimes.” —The Washington Post

The Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prize–winning 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.

About the Author

Jeffrey Leen is the assistant managing editor for the Washington Post’s investigations unit, where his work has helped win six Pulitzer Prizes. Also the author of KINGS OF COCAINE, the first book-length investigation of Columbia’s Medellin cartel, he lives in Maryland.