| Wrestling At The Chase is Larry Matysik's love letter to his beloved former wrestling promotion. It's a history of promoter Sam Muchnick as well as the wrestlers who passed through there and some about Larry himself. He explains how Sam got his start as a writer for baseball and how he made his transition into wrestling. Larry talks about the evolution of the televison program and how he got hooked on it as a kid. Also covered are the wrestlers themselves from David Von Erich to Frank "Bruiser" Brody and manyof the champions who came through there like Terry Funk, Harley Race, and Ric Flair.
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Plot & Themes Sports story? - wrestling Sports story Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () United States Yes The US: - Midwest Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - thoughtful - like laughing Pictures/Illustrations? - More 6-10 B&W How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book |
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