National Wrestling Alliance by Tim Hornbaker

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National Wrestling Alliance by Tim Hornbaker

In the 1950s in Las Vegas, a businessman's conglomerate dominating a 25 million a year sports industry hid their practices from the US Dept of Justice. The sport that placed cold hard cash over honest competition? Pro wrestling. The conspirators? The National Wrestling Alliance. Hornbaker examines the NWA's huge success - and their relationships to influential politicians and writers, who protected their financial interests for over 50 years. Breaking the facade of sports production, he also shows how promoters actually resorted to violence to edge out competition.

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Tim Hornbaker has been a sports historian and fan for most of his life. Turning the Black Sox White: The Misunderstood Legacy of Charles A. Johnson and Turning the Black Sox White: The Misunderstood Legacy of Charles A. Johnson are two of his books. Comiskey and Ty Cobb's Battle on the Basepaths: The Ultimate Biography were both well-received by critics. He currently resides in Tamarac, Florida.

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ISBN 13 9781550227413
ISBN 10 1550227416
Title National Wrestling Alliance
Author Tim Hornbaker
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Ecw Press
Year published 2007-04-30
Number of pages 372
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.