[Pdf/ePub] The Kings of Wrestling: Anecdotes

The Kings of Wrestling: Anecdotes and Stories of Wrestling from the Distant Past to Our Times by Edmond Desbonnet

• The Kings of Wrestling: Anecdotes and Stories of Wrestling from the Distant Past to Our Times
• Edmond Desbonnet
• Page: 338
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9781476694078
• Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

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Wrestling dates back to ancient times, but it was not until Edmond Desbonnet (1867-1953) produced his groundbreaking work The Kings of Wrestling in 1910 that its history was set down in book-length form. His work consists of nearly 150 biographies and accompanying photos of the men who pioneered professional wrestling, particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He explains how Greco-Roman wrestling emerged in France around 1845 and then evolved into a big business during its golden age of 1890 to 1910. The sport drew men from all over Europe as well as Africans, Turks, East Indians, Russians, Americans, and others. Wrestling became the first truly international sport the world had ever known. Desbonnet wrote his history in French, and it is translated here for the first time. This richly illustrated edition has an introduction and extensive annotations, along with many contemporary newspaper articles, book excerpts and magazine pieces from French, Italian and German sources.

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