The Queen of the Ring Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend【電子書籍】[ Jeff Leen ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling, from the Pulitzer Prize?winning journalist and author of ＜em＞Kings of Cocaine＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this in-depth account, 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.＜/p＞ ＜p＞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ーand beatーmale wrestlers. Rippling with muscle and dripping with diamonds, she walked the fine line between pin-up beauty and hardened brawler.＜/p＞ ＜p＞An unforgettable slice of Americana, ＜em＞The Queen of the Ring＜/em＞ captures the golden age of wrestling, when one gritty, glamorous woman rose through the ranks to take her place in athletic history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Jeff Leen has made a fabulous contribution to the sports-history canon. ＜em＞The Queen of the Ring＜/em＞ is a marvelous evocation of an era, and a riveting portrait of a one-of-a-kind American moll.” ーSally Jenkins, author of ＜em＞The Real All Americans＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。