Wrestling and Wrestlers (1893)

Summary

History of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling: its wrestlers, its meetings and its back-hold style.

Why it matters

It documents a living European folk wrestling style, a cousin of the grappling styles behind catch wrestling.

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