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The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend

By Jeff Leen
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By Jeff Leen
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“In a class by itself. A serious history of one of this country’s goofiest pastimes.” —The Washington Post

The Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era when a petite midwesterner used her beauty and brawn to dominate America’s most masculine sport.

At only five feet two, Mildred Burke was an unlikely candidate for the ring. ...

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