Accepted : how the first gay superstar changed WWE /
"When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, he was asked to leave his home after telling his parents he was in love ... with a man. Moving from Montreal to the United States in the 1960s, barely knowing a word of English, he was determined to succeed in the squared circle. Back when homophobia was wi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
ECW Press,
2016.
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| Summary: | "When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, he was asked to leave his home after telling his parents he was in love ... with a man. Moving from Montreal to the United States in the 1960s, barely knowing a word of English, he was determined to succeed in the squared circle. Back when homophobia was widespread, Pat lived in the super-macho world of pro wrestling"--Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 258 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Issued also in electronic formats. |
| ISBN: | 9781770412934 177041293X |