Selasa, 20 Maret 2018

American History Book Review: The Queen of the Ring

The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend By Jeff Leen, Atlantic Monthly Press, 304 pp., $25 On the Nelson scale, which ranges from nothing to full, The Queen of the Ring gets a rating of 3/4. Jeff Leen’s breezy re-creation of the early days  of ladies wrestling …

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