Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George?
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. Includes color postcard of Gorgeous George dated 1951. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". viii, 198pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket fitted within protective archival sleeve. Minimal wear to jacket with spots of very light creasing to edges and a small, closed tear to top corner of front cover. Moderate toning to front and rear edges of jacket flaps. Blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in metallic purple. Very faint toning to edges of boards. A small brown spot to bottom edge of spine, and two small brown spots to top edge of rear cover. A strip of toning to center of front and rear pastedowns. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
Postcard is encased in protective sleeve and is in very good condition.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
There is a world where truth, beauty, and innocence battle nightly with the insidious, subterranean forces of evil — evil in the guise of The Beast, The Crusher, and the Missouri Mauler, truth embodied in The French Angel, The Golden Superman, and Chief Big Heart. It is the world of pro wrestling.
"Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George?" is the story of the most outlandish personalities in sport—comic book figures with fanatical followings. Here you’ll meet Gorgeous George himself, Bruno Sammartino, Haystack Calhoun and a host of other arch-villains, prissy lords, masked marauders, and muscle-bound mamas. Loving and hating them along the way are the maniacal fans who follow them and turn the arenas into screaming, roving Theaters of the Absurd—Piccolo Pete, Hatpin Mary, and the septuagenarian sisters from Baltimore, to name a few.
Then come backstage with the boys and see what the brutal world of wrestling’s all about—cauliflower ears, fan-inflicted knife and gun wounds, matches fought in mud and ice cream, bloody grudge brawls, whacky practical jokes. You might even learn a few holds (like the Atomic Drop or the Stomach Claw) or pick up some nifty, villainous stunts.
Illustrated with spectacular photos of the wrestlers, "Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George?" is the definitive inside story of pro wrestling, complete with a chronology of the sport and biographies of the greatest wrestlers. It is also a collection of some of the wildest stories ever told, and a funny, irreverent look at the most colorful, theatrical sport on the American scene.(Publisher). Very good / very good. Item #7993
Price: $250.00