Muscletown USA -- John Fair (Inscribed by author to Reg Park)

MUSCLE TOWN USA : Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell

Softcover in Good condition. Small creases to top and bottom corner of back cover.

Inscribed by the author: "To Reg Park, With best wishes to one of the all time greats of bodybuilding. John Fair "

Roy"Reg" Park was an English bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. His first title was Mr Britain in 1949. He then won the Mr Universe in 1951, 1958 and 1965. He also starred in five films, four featured as Hercules, and in one, Hercules in the Haunted World, he co-starred with Christopher Lee.

420pp. Size: 15.3 cm x 22.8 cm 

From the 1930s to the 1980s, the capital of weightlifting in America was York, Pennsylvania, the home of the York Barbell Company. Bob Hoffman, the founder of York Barbell, propagated an ideology of success for Americans seeking physical improvement. Often called the "Father of World Weightlifting," Hoffman was a pioneer in marketing barbells and health foods. He popularized weight training and inaugurated a golden age of American weightlifting. Muscletown USA--part biography, part business history, and part sports history--chronicles how Hoffman made York the mecca of manly culture for millions of followers worldwide.

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