Cover
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Before the Boom: Wrestling to 1896
Chapter 2. Manitoba's Pros: Professional Wrestling During the Western Boom, 1896-1914
Chapter 3. Wrestling with Ethnicity, 1896-1914
Chapter 4. The "Simon Pures": Amateur Wrestling to 1914
Chapter 5. Grappling with the Great War, 1914-18
Chapter 6. Professional Wrestling's "Golden Age," 1919-29
Chapter 7. Amateurism Expands: Amateur Wrestling in Manitoba, 1919-29
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1. Manitoba Amateur Wrestling Champions 1908-30
Appendix 2. Manitoba Islendingadagurinn Glima Champions Before 1930
Notes
Bibliography
Index