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Paperback. Condition: Fair. ?In a class by itself. A serious history of one of this country?s goofiest pastimes.? ?The Washington PostThe 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.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reissue. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Some signs of wear but no defects. Light shelfwear to dj. Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medellin Cartel by Guy Gugliotta and Jeff Leen, Mixed Blessings by William and Barbara Christopher, The Ultra Rich: How Much is too Much? by Vance Packard, King of the Night: The Biography of Johnny Carson by Laurence Leamer.…

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Condition: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

mass_market. Condition: Fair. Grade 1 out 5 points. This book is VERY used with a little bit of life remaining. Used books with this grade may have any of the following: HEAVY wear, creases/tears/creases on cover and pages, personalized notes/names, stickers/labels, markings on pages, ex-library markings, minor water damage. May not include extra materials such as dust jackets, access codes, CDs, accessories, etc. All orders ship by next business day! We are a small company and very thankful for your business.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: New. "In a class by itself. A serious history of one of this country's goofiest pastimes." -The Washington PostThe 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.…

Condition: VG/Near Fine (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 356pp. One signature (24 pp) has a minor defect at foreedge (mild creasing), o/w a nice copy/ Bio of the woman wrestler.

Hardcover. Condition: New. *NEW* pictorial hardcover. Fresh from a distributor with no price tags and no remainder marks.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prizewinning 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. At only five feet two, Mildred Burke had been an unlikely candidate for the ring, but she had known she could become a female wrestler. What follows is a gritty, glittering testament to the golden age of wrestling, when beauty and brawn captivate the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards have light wear. Pages are clean with no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

black & red hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. highlighted copy in good cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. water type staining along the top edge of some of the pages, does not obscure text. approximately 8 pages with minor yellow highlighting. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice reading copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, no remainder markings. good binding. clean text. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). illustrated title pg. 391p. b&w photo illustrations. notes. index. world history. true crime. conspiracy theory. secret societies. espionage. covert operations. ~ Kings of Cocaine traces America's drug epidemic back to its chief source~the murderous Colombian drug~smuggling group known as the Medellin cartel. In less than a decade the cartel has come to control more than half of the world's cocaine supply, from coca farmers in Bolivia and Peru to giant jungle laboratories, fleets of aircraft and boats, assassins on motorcycles wielding MAC~1O machine pistols, and a vast web of distributors stretching into every major American city. The most complete and revealing account of the cartel ever published, Kings of Cocaine chronicles the evolution of a small group of young Medellin street thugs into a mammoth multinational network that has saturated the United States with cocaine, rocked Colombia's government, and sown corruption throughout Latin America. Based on firsthand reporting inside Colombia and sources within the cartel itself, Kings of Cocaine recounts in riveting detail the escalating violence as the cartel moved to eliminate its enemies, including Colombia's justice minister, antidrug police commander, and a dozen Supreme Court justices, as well as the freewheeling Barry Seal, the most important informant in the history of the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Kings of Cocaine also profiles the DEA agents and Colombian police who, with extraordinary courage, battle the cartel in a continuing war of move and counterrnove, Kings of Cocaine is based on a series of articles that ran in the The Miami Herald in 1987, plus additional reporting by the authors. The original series was simultaneously reprinted by more than two dozen newspapers in Colombia as a gesture of unprecedented solidarity against the violence of the drug traffickers. The series went on to win the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Foreign Correspondence and an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for outstanding investigative reporting.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.