MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
PublisherKensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN-100806530685
ISBN-139780806530680
eBay Product ID (ePID)66101993
Product Key Features
Book TitleDungeon of Death
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicGeneral, Wrestling
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorScott Keith
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal796.812092
SynopsisWrestling journalist Keith examines the career of wrestler Benoit and the unlikely curse affecting all the alumni of the Stampede Wrestling franchise., Asking Scott Keith about professional wrestling is like asking Wayne Gretzky about hockey. --Murtz Jaffer, "Inside Pulse" The True Story Behind Wrestling's Deadly Secret On June 25, 2007, Canadian pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son Daniel were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia, home. The ruling of murder-suicide caused a media frenzy and stunned wrestling fans around the world. Yet the Benoit tragedy was only the latest in a string of disasters that have dogged Stampede Wrestling, operated by the Calgary-based Hart family. In the first book of its kind, Scott Keith offers an in-depth look at the Hart family "curse" that has left all the Stampede Wrestling alumnae either crippled or dead. Were these deaths preventable or inevitable? How did a sport famous for showmanship and entertainment become overrun by rampant drug use, depravity, and greed? Chris Benoit isn't the only wrestler to be brought down by a history of drug use--many other big names in the sport have fallen victim to wrestling's drug culture and steroid obsession. Why has nothing been done about this, even now after these latest deaths? Scott Keith knows wrestling from the inside out. This compelling and candid account reveals not only what's gone wrong in the world's most spectacular sport but what must be done to save it., In the first book of its kind, wrestling journalist Scott Keith offers an in-depth look at the Hart family curse' that has left all the Stampede Wrestling alumnae either crippled or dead. The recent tragic murder-suicide of Chris Benoit and his family was only the latest in a string of disasters that have dogged Stampede Wrestling, operated by the Calgary-based Hart family. Were these deaths preventable or inevitable? How did a sport famous for showmanship and entertainment become overrun by rampant drug use, depravity and greed?'
LC Classification NumberGV1198.12
