Sandow the Magnificent - Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding

Informationen zum Autor David L. Chapman is the author of Universal Hunks: A Pictorial History of Muscular Men around the World, 1895-1975and coauthor of American Hunks: The Muscular Male Body in Popular Culture, 1860-1970. Klappentext The strongman whose pioneering focus on physique built an entertainment empire Zusammenfassung Before Arnold Schwarzenegger! Steve Reeves! or Charles Atlas! there was German-born Eugen Sandow (1867-1925)! a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks! intelligence! and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. This book features the story of this first showman to emphasize physique display rather than lifting prowess.

Product details

• Authors: Chapman, David L Chapman, David L. Chapman
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2006
• EAN: 9780252073069
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07306-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Sport and Society; Sport and Society
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Health > Fitness, aerobics, bodybuilding, gymnastics