Ballyhoo! - The Roughhousers, Con Artists, Wildmen Who Invented Professional

"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"--

Info autore

Jon Langmead is a writer covering music and popular culture for a variety of outlets, including PopMatters, Aquarium Drunkard, SLAM! Wrestling, and North Carolina Indy Week.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon Langmead
• Editore: University of Missouri Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9780826222992
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2299-2
• Pagine: 316
• Serie: Sports and American Culture
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Sport da combattimento, autodifesa; Saggistica > Storia > Altro