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Marcus Griffin: Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce (Hardcover, 1937, Reilly & Lee, Chicago) No rating

Marcus Griffin’s Fall Guys (1937) was the best book available on the history of professional …

It is not uncommon for a run of the mine neckbender to average one hundred and fifty dollars weekly over a period of twenty-five years. And because they wrestle so often and must be reasonable shape, matmen drop very little of this long green along Heart-break Boulevard.

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Oh man, I'm already loving this old-timey writing style.