Wrestling

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Lucent Books, 2002 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 112 pages
Wrestling, the world's oldest and most widely practiced sport, has a long, diverse, and fascinating history. This fact-filled, well-documented, and very entertaining volume explores in considerable detail the saga of the sport and its major participants, from ancient Egypt and Greece, through the Middle Ages, the American frontier, the development of modern amateur school and Olympic wrestling, as well as the rise and unprecedented popularity of modern professional wrestling.

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FOREWORD 7
CHAPTER TWO 29
CHAPTER THREE 44
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