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Brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wrestling's Rebel

Posted: Aug 9th 2007 By: CMBurnham

For those of you who enjoyed reading Bruiser Brody, written by Emerson Murray and Scott Teal, you'll definitely want to check out the latest Bruiser Brody book by Barbara Goodish, Brody's widow, and Larry Matysik.

For those of you who will be at FanFest in Charlotte this weekend, we'll have plenty of copies available at the Crowbar Press table.

For those who won't be attending, you can order a copy now by going to:
CrowbarPress.com


Just click on the Crowbar Press banner and it will take you to a webpage where you can find information on the book. I have plenty of copies available and will send them out first thing on Monday when I get home from Charlotte.

I haven't read it yet, but it looks very good. I was pleasantly surprised to note that out of the many photos included in the Goodish-Matysik book, only one photo was used that was in the Murray-Teal book. There are a LOT of great photos of Brody in his younger days.

And while you're at it, if you haven't ordered the Murray-Teal book, Bruiser Brody, you can also find it at Crowbar Press.

CrowbarPress.com

I hope to see everybody at FanFest!

Scott

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Brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wrestling's Rebel
Co-authors Barbara Goodish, Brody's widow, and Larry Matysik

The most unpredictable and charismatic grappler of all time? The brute that made brawling an art before the term "hardcore" was coined? The confrontational businessman who fought for every penny he felt he deserved?

Bruiser Brody had no peers when it came to blood and guts, controversy and independence. Most wrestling promoters portrayed their top talent as exactly that kind of free-spirited, take-no-guff personality. They didn't mean it,though; which explains why so few would admit to respecting Brody even as they featured him time and again.

So why did they give him work? Simple. Bruiser Brody delivered the goods in the ring and at the box office.

In the 1970s and early 80s, Brody was one of the few performers, along with Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, to be recognized as a national star. With his fiery personality, Brody also conquered the international market.

Nearly two decades after his murder in Puerto Rico, Brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wrestling's Rebel delivers a complete portrait of Brody's remarkable life. Co-authors Barbara Goodish, Brody's widow, and Larry Matysik, a close friend, offer a first-time opportunity to truly understand one of the sport's most complex and controversial human beings. Goodish's account of her husband's horrific murder and its aftermath is both heartbreaking and compelling, while Matysik's insider knowledge of the business puts Brody's place in wrestling
history into perspective. With a foreword by WWE announcer Jim Ross, Brody offers readers the unvarnished truth about one of the greatest wrestling legends of all time.