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Author:

Patterson, Pat, 1941- author.

Title:

Accepted : how the first gay superstar changed WWE / Pat Patterson with Bertrand Hébert ; foreword by Vincent K. McMahon.

Publisher:

ECW Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xii, 258 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color ; 24 cm

Subject:

Patterson, Pat,--1941-
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Wrestlers--Canada--Biography.
Gay athletes--Canada--Biography.
Wrestling--United States.

Other Authors:

Hébert, Bertrand, 1971- author.

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.

ISBN:

177041293X
9781770412934

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)