
Shooter in a Worked World
John Pesek and the 1920s Promotional Wars
Ken Zimmerman(Author)
Ken Zimmerman Jr. (Publisher)
Published on 7. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
979-8-3483-3081-1 (ISBN)
Description
The legitimate professional wrestler who despised working matches.
John "The Nebraska Tigerman" Pesek was born twenty years too late. A legitimate wrestler who debuted as the sport transitioned to working matches. Pesek was made for the late 19th Century wrestling ring.
Promoters were wary of Pesek but only too happy to use his legitmate skills to end promotional wars and to double-cross adversaries.
Learn the true story of one of professional wrestling's last great legitimate wrestlers.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
309 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-3483-3081-1 (9798348330811)
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Person
Ken Zimmerman Jr. is the author of 22 non-fiction books including Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt, Double-Crossing the Gold Dust Trio and Evan "Strangler" Lewis. In addition to combat sports history, Ken has written true crime books on St. Louis, Missouri. Ken is a married father of three and grandfather of two, who lives outside St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to his interest in combat sports history, Ken holds rank in three martial arts including a 4th Degree black belt in Taekwondo.