I was a teenage professional wrestler

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Jan 14,  · I was a Teenage Professional Wrestler on gulfpbc.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. paperbound/5(4). I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler book. Read 4 reviews from the world. I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler book. Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.

Ted Lewin, Caldecott Honor Medal winner, I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler book. Read 4 /5. Jan 14,  · The book is filled with quirky incidents, friendly and warm-hearted characters, and, at times, poignant recollections.

Engaging black-and-white photographs of family, friends, and professional foes capture the action inside and outside of the ring and convey a /5(4). In order to finance his education at Pratt, Lewin took on a part-time career as a teenage professional wrestler alongside his brothers. His wrestling career lasted for 15 years, and it inspired him to record his experience by writing I Was a Teenaged Professional Wrestler.

InLewin's book Peppe the Lamplighter received a Caldecott gulfpbc.com: Ted B. Lewin, May 6, (age 84), Buffalo. I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler by Ted Lewin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at gulfpbc.com I Was A Teenage Professional Wrestler Ted Lewin.

Genre: Sports: Page Count: Part of a Series. No: Age Level: This book is. I became a professional wrestler. And, like one last gig or an old-boys’ match, the show was a final chance to capture some of the magic of that youth, and I had no idea if it would work or not. Dec 06,  · I was a teenage professional wrestler Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item.

"A Richard Jackson book"--Half t.p The author-illustrator describes his early days supporting himself as a professional wrestler Young fans -- Sid and dutch -- The sun porch -- Sandlot -- Dangerous Danny -- Photo session -- Learning the ropes Pages: I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler.

Summary Note: summary text provided by external source. These days, artist Ted Lewin, the winner of a Caldecott Honor Medal, is at the top of his game.

During his earlier years, as he recounts in this acclaimed autobiography, he was competing in a very different sort of arena--the pro wrestling tour. Sep 22,  · When it came time to go to art school (Pratt), he needed to earn money to finance his education.

So, following in his brother’s footsteps, he took a summer job as a wrestler — the beginning of a year part-time career that eventually inspired his autobiographical book I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler/5(8).

I Was A Teenage Professional Wrestler by Ted Lewin In an autobiography filled with both colorful characters and colorful illustrations, Ted Lewin recalls his interesting and unusual life as a young professional I was a teenage professional wrestler (Book, Get this from a library.

I was a teenage professional wrestler. Get this from a library. I was a teenage professional wrestler. [Ted Lewin] -- The author-illustrator describes his early days supporting himself as a professional wrestler. Paul Oswald Zygowicz (February 29, – July 2, ), better known by his ring name of Steve Stanlee, was an American professional wrestler from the late s through the s.

He was the younger brother of professional wrestler Gene gulfpbc.com: February 29,Chicago, Illinois. The title says it all: Lewin—one of the best illustrators working in children's books—got his start as a wrestler.

Sid Lewin, his short father, had three tall sons to whom roughhousing and body building were a way of life. When Ted's older brother Donn came back from WW II, he got into pro wrestling to make a living; when Ted (who'd been going to matches and practicing moves with younger.

Ted Lewin has illustrated many books for children including The Day of Ahmed's Secret and Birdwatch, both ALA Notable Children's Books' and I Was A Teenage Professional Wrestler, which he also wrote. He also created artwork for Pepe the Lamplighter, a Caldecott Honor Book.

Get this from a library. I was a teenage professional wrestler. [Ted Lewin] -- A serious art student by day, by night Ted was a professional wrestler. The title sort of says it all. Ted Lewin was a professional wrestler in his late teens as he studies at art school.

This book talks a bit about his life, and the job, but 4/5(1). Frank Hickey was in the WWWF territory a lot from to (wrestling as Frank Hickey). Frank Hickey is dealt with at length in the Ted Lewin Book, I Was A Teenage Professional Wrestler.

After retiring from active wrestling, Frank Hickey also worked as a referee. I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler by Ted Lewin starting at $ I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler has 4 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. The title sort of says it all. Ted Lewin was a professional wrestler in his late teens as he studies at art school.

This book talks a bit about his life, and the job, but is aimed at kids so it doesn't have any great detail. It does have some of his art though/5(2). Ted Lewin grew up in an old frame house in Buffalo, New York, with two brothers, one sister, two parents, a lion, an iguana, a chimpanzee, and an assortment of more conventional pets.

The lion was given to his older brother, Don, while he was traveling as a professional wrestler, and he shipped it home. The family kept Sheba in the basement fruit cellar until Don returned and their mother.All the wrestling images can be found in his book, I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler (New York, Orchard Books, ; New York, Hyperion Books, ), a must have title for any pro wrestling library.

It is out of print but not difficult to find at a reasonable price.When it came time to go to art school (Pratt), he needed to earn money to finance his education.

So, following in his brother's footsteps, he took a summer job as a wrestler -- the beginning of a year part-time career that eventually inspired his autobiographical book "I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler."2/5(1).