Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell
- ISBN-10
- 0271043253
- ISBN-13
- 9780271043258
- Category
- Physical fitness
- Pages
- 420
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penn State Press
- Author
- John D. Fair
Description
Hoffman, Weight Lifting, 19; Jowett to Coulter, December 14, 1932, Coulter Papers; and SH 1 (February 1933): 10. 5. SH 1 (January 1933): 20; (February 1933): 20-21; and (December 1932): 1. 6. SH 1 (March 1933): 2; (April 1933): 12; ...
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