American Wings, Iranian Roots

ISBN-13: 9781574725018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 315 str.

Kristin Orloff

Opis

A gold medal wrestler, Reza's inspiring life celebrates honor, family, and freedom. After he leads bloody battles in the 1979 Iranian Revolution and serves in the Air Force, Reza desires a fate beyond the suffocating suppression of Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran. On the last night of the 1982 Military World Wrestling Championships, he grips his gold medal, knowing American wrestlers wait minutes away to help him defect. 330 pp.