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Title: West Coast Bodybuilding Scene: The Golden Era by Dick Tyler, Dave Draper ISBN: 1-931046-29-8 Publisher: On Target Publications Pub. Date: April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Summary: Terrific Book Covering The Golden Age Of Bodybuilding!
Comment: Wow! I almost dropped a dumbbell on my toe in excitement when I discovered the publication of this book! I was indeed pleasantly surprised by this literal treasure-trove of original articles, anecdotes, and amusing characterizations of many of the most famous of the insiders in the golden age of bodybuilding in southern California in the 1950s and 1960s, all those amusing tales of the exploits and observations of all the most famous denizens from the golden age of bodybuilding back in the 'good old days", when few and far between such serious palaces of steel as the local Gold's Gym or World facility available for the faithful aspiring bodybuilders. Instead, most of us labored in valiant pursuit for bigger and stronger muscles either alone in our makeshift home gyms in our basements or garages, or just as often we worked out in the shabby but better equipped environs of the local YMCAs, where we were considered more muscle-headed curiosities than seekers after strength and fitness.

Indeed, all of those old memories and recollections are reincarnated by the recollections and observations in this wonderful book. Dick Tyler, a practicing Chiropractor (as is his good friend, former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbo), breathes fresh life into all the old legends, as does famed 60's sensation the Blond Bomber himself, Dave Draper, (who writes the preface for the book), throws open the wide window of real breathing individuals, those who both comprised the inner elite of this special little world of the bodybuilding subculture. They also serve as able witnesses to that most amazing transformation of what was formerly a small and curious little world of true believers comprised of dedicated bodybuilders who went about their lives chasing the "power of the pump", just at that moment that it became a national phenomenon in the wake of the rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger to prominence in the early 1970s.

As someone who spent his own formative years reading about that rarified world of the top bodybuilders living in the sun and surf along the backdrop of ocean and Santa Monica, I can finally say that a book exists that faithfully recreates the essence of that now long-gone world, a world more emblematic of a simpler, kinder, and less complicated existence, when one might just as easily catch Larry Scott or Steve Reeves working out in the free Muscle Beach gym as view newcomers like a young Dave Draper or the incredible Frank Zane walking along the street. This is a great book, and one that deserves a wide readership by all of us who might well find the golden age of bodybuilding as fascinating as those of us who grew up reading and dreaming about it still do. Enjoy!