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Paladin Press
Softcover
978-1-58160-473-3
296 pages
5.5" x 8.5"
photos
 Catch Wrestling
A Wild and Wooly Look at the Early Days of Pro Wrestling in America
by Mark S Hewitt

Anything-goes catch wrestling from England merged with the rough-and-tumble fighting of the American frontier to spawn one of the most lethal fighting arts ever - North American catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Catch Wrestling chronicles the exploits of an elite group of wrestlers who took on all comers in packed arenas, carnivals and dirt lots all across America. Includes matches featuring wrestler, boxers and jiu-jitsu practitioners and a superb collection of old photos, posters and ads.

Mark Hewitt is a lifelong history buff with a great interest in old-time wrestling and boxing. Among his ongoing projects are studying the carnival athletic shows and detailing the matches of the legendary Helio Gracie in Brazil vs. pro wrestlers Fred Ebert, Wladek Zbyszko and Taro Miyake.


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Paladin Press
Softcover
978-1-58160-473-3
978-1-58160-720-8
723 Total pages
photos, illustrations
 Catch Wrestling Set
Catch Wrestling and Catch Wrestling Round Two Set
by Mark S. Hewitt

SAVE WHEN YOU BUY BOTH CATCH WRESTLING & CATCH WRESTLING: ROUND TWO AS A SET!

Anything-goes catch wrestling from England merged with the rough-and-tumble fighting of the American frontier to spawn one of the most lethal fighting arts ever – North American catch-as-catch-can wrestling. In these two books, Mark Hewitt, a lifelong enthusiast of old-time wrestling and boxing, captures the wild and wooly early days of this sport.

Catch Wrestling chronicles the exploits of an elite group of wrestlers who took on all comers in packed arenas, carnivals and dirt lots all across America. Includes matches featuring wrestlers, boxers and jiu-jitsu practitioners and a superb collection of old photos, posters and ads.

Catch Wrestling: Round Two brings you even more blow-by-blow accounts of dozens of the most famous and infamous mat battles of the day, as well as the backstage stories of the colorful characters who crisscrossed the country from the 1880s to the 1960s in search of fame, glory and cold, hard cash, including Tigerman Pesek, Midget Fischer and Lou Thesz.

This set is not available to wholesalers.

Mark Hewitt is a lifelong history buff with a great interest in old-time wrestling and boxing. Among his ongoing projects are studying the carnival athletic shows and detailing the matches of the legendary Helio Gracie in Brazil vs. pro wrestlers Fred Ebert, Wladek Zbyszko and Taro Miyake.


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