An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove: The Life of Joan Rhodes

by Triona Holden

The first-ever biography of a trailblazing star of yesteryear, a colorful tale, full of grit and glamour

With her hourglass figure and Marilyn Monroe looks, Joan Rhodes would leave audiences speechless as she bent steel bars with her teeth, ripped large phone books into quarters, and lifted two men at a time. But what she did was real. Joan had a superstrength, forged out of desperation to survive.

Born into poverty in 1920s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075099679X
• ISBN13: 9780750996792
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"