The Squared Circle Audiobook by David Shoemaker
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Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: The Squared Circle Subtitle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling Author: David Shoemaker Narrator: R.C. Bray Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Release date: 10-31-2013 Language: English Summary: Grantland and Deadspin correspondent presents a breakthrough examination of the professional wrestling, its history, its fans, and its wider cultural impact that does for the sport what Chuck Klosterman did for heavy metal. The Squared Circle grows out of David Shoemaker’s writing for Deadspin, where he started the column “Dead Wrestler of the Week” (which boasts over 1 million page views) - a feature on the many wrestling superstars who died too young because of the abuse they subject their bodies to - and his writing for Grantland, where he covers the pro wrestling world, and its place in the pop culture mainstream. Shoemaker’s sportswriting has since struck a nerve with generations of wrestling fans who - like him - grew up worshipping a sport often derided as “fake” in the wider culture. To them, these professional wrestling superstars are not just heroes but an emotional outlet and the lens through which they learned to see the world. Starting in the early 1900s and exploring the path of pro wrestling in America through the present day, The Squared Circle is the first book to acknowledge both the sport’s broader significance and wrestling fans’ keen intellect and sense of irony. #ad Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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