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Bob Backlund grew up as a poor farm boy in Princeton, Minnesota, struggling academically and socially. His life took a turn when a local coach encouraged him to try amateur wrestling, promising to mentor him if he stayed out of trouble. This pivotal moment led him to North Dakota, where he trained at a YMCA gym. There, he met professional wrestler “Superstar” Billy Graham, who inspired Backlund to pursue a career in wrestling. Just five years later, on February 20, 1978, Backlund achieved his dream, winning the World Wide Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden by defeating Graham. This book chronicles Backlund's remarkable journey and nearly forty-year career, featuring insights from wrestling legends like Bruno Sammartino, Harley Race, Terry Funk, and others. It highlights the challenges he overcame and the impact he made in the wrestling world. Skyhorse Publishing proudly offers a diverse range of sports books, covering everything from baseball and football to niche sports like cycling and martial arts. Committed to supporting often-overlooked subjects and authors, we aim to provide a platform for stories that resonate with sports enthusiasts everywhere.

Robert Miller's father, World War II veteran Herbert Henry Miller, died in 1994. A month later, Robert and his mother discovered the Red Cross diary he had kept while a prisoner of war in Nazi Germany. It became the catalyst for Robert's quest to learn more about his father's war. The result of that quest is this remarkable book, a story of terror, horrific despair, and Nazi depravity. But it is also a tale of survival against astonishing odds, of the deep bonds that develop between men at a time of war, and of choosing to leave hate behind. Captured by the Germans at Mortain, France, on August 6, Miller endured a punishing fifty-four-day march to Moosburg, Germany, where he survived for seven months in Stalag VIIA, the largest POW camp in Nazi Germany. During his stay at Stalag VIIA, Miller became good friends with a Nazi guard named Heinz, who eventually disappeared from the camp.