Mr. America
the tragic history of a bodybuilding icon
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Word Count
114,250 words, Guess
Page Count
457 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27177275M
- ISBN-139780292760820
- ISBN-100292760825
- OCLC Control Number883206947
- Library of Congress Control Number2014007953
Classifications
- DDC796.41
- LCCGV546.5 .F35 2015
Alternate Titles
- Mister America
Description
"For most of the twentieth century the 'Mr America' image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr America Contest became the world's premier bodybuilding event over the next thirty years ... Interviewing nearly one hundred major figures in the physical culture movement (including twenty-five Mr Americas) ... [this] captures the event's path to idealism and its slow descent into obscurity ... As the 1960s marked a turbulent transition in American society ... Mr America changed as well. Exploring the influence of other bodily displays, such as the Mr Universe and Mr Olympia contests and the Miss America pageant, Fair focuses on commercialism, size obsession and drugs that corrupted the competition's original intent"--Publisher's description.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Terry and Jan Todd series on physical culture and sports
Other Editions
- Mr. America
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