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01847aam a22002658a 4500 001 461A99D8EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210722010305 008 190318s2019 oncaf 000 0aeng 020 $a 1770414932 020 $a 9781770414938 040 $a NLC $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OCLCF $d OCL $d VP@ $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d ZAE $d SKYRV $d SILO 100 1 $a Johnson, Rocky, $d 1944- 245 10 $a Soulman : $b the Rocky Johnson story / $c Rocky Johnson with Scott Teal ; foreword by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. 246 30 $a Soul man : $b the Rocky Johnson story 260 $a Toronto, Ontario : $b ECW Press, $c c2019. 300 $a xiv, 285 p., [32] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a At 14, Rocky Johnson left home to seek fortune and make professional wrestling his career. An incredibly agile and talented wrestler, he soon became a featured main-eventer in every territory he worked. In Soulman, Johnson not only explores his career accomplishments, but also reflects upon what his achievements, as a direct descendant of slaves, mean historically and for Black culture. In the South, he shattered racial barriers when he became the first African-American to win the Southern, Georgia, and Florida heavyweight titles, and in 1983, he teamed with Tony Atlas to become the first all-Black WWWF tag team champions. Rocky sees his greatest accomplishment, however, in his son Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, whom he trained to be a wrestler in 1995 and who is now the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and one of the most-recognized names in the world. 600 10 $a Johnson, Rocky, $d 1944- 650 0 $a Wrestlers $z Canada $v Biography. 700 1 $a Teal, Scott. 700 1 $a Johnson, Dwayne, $d 1972- 941 $a 1 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722062133.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=461A99D8EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search