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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Fair, John D. Muscletown USA. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1999 (OCoLC)697108708 |
| Named Person: | Bob Hoffman |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John D Fair |
| ISBN: | 0271018542 9780271018546 0271018550 9780271018553 |
| OCLC Number: | 39747683 |
| Description: | xii, 420 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations -- Ascent to Glory -- Bob Hoffman's Formative Years -- The Origins of American Weightlifting -- The Old York Gang -- Fitness and Survival in Wartime -- The "Golden Age" of American Weightlifting -- Years of Challenge and Achievement -- All Roads Lead to Muscletown USA -- The "New" York Gang -- Descent from Glory -- Cultural Countercurrents -- Father of World Weightlifting -- Bob Hoffman's Departure -- Epilogue and Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | John D. Fair. |
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