Soulman: The Rocky Johnson Story - Hardcover
Reseña del editor
Before there was Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, there was “Soulman” Rocky Johnson
At 14, Rocky Johnson left home to seek fortune and, after a short stint in boxing, decided to make professional wrestling his career. He had his first match in 1965 and never looked back. An incredibly agile and talented wrestler for a man his size, he was a featured main-eventer in every territory he worked — Vancouver, Los Angeles, Florida, New York, and all points in between. He also appeared in wrestling arenas worldwide, including in Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Samoa, and Puerto Rico.
In Soulman, Johnson explores not only his career accomplishments, but also reflects upon what his achievements, as a direct descendant of slaves, mean historically and for Black culture. In the South, he shattered racial barriers when he became the first African-American to win the Southern, Georgia, and Florida heavyweight titles, and in 1983, he teamed with Tony Atlas to become the first all-Black WWWF tag team champions. Rocky sees his greatest accomplishment, however, in his son Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson whom he trained to be a wrestler in 1995 and who is now the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and one of the most-recognized names in the world.
Soulman: The Rocky Johnson Story is an in-depth look at the life of a self-made man who wouldn’t let anything stand in his way on the road to success.
Biografía del autor
For more than 20 years, Rocky Johnson was a top-tier professional wrestler, sought after by promoters from all over the world. He is a WWE Hall-of-Famer. Scott Teal may be the world’s most prolific historian of pro wrestling. Under his own imprint, Crowbar Press, he has written, edited, and published more than 140 works, and his books stand out as some of the most important and celebrated in the field.
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- VerlagECW Press,Canada
- Erscheinungsdatum2019
- ISBN 10 1770414932
- ISBN 13 9781770414938
- EinbandTapa dura
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten360
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Zustand: Very Good. ** Signed gift inscription by Scot Teal to previous owner on the title page **; Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Unmarked boards with "straight" edge-corners; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.3 lbs; Black dust jacket with title in gold and white lettering; 2019, ECW Press; 304 pages; "Soulman: The Rocky Johnson Story," by Rocky Johnson. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SKU-1559AJ00905113
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