Shirley Love might have spent his life as an obscure welder,
struggling to raise his family in West Virginia, but a performance
in church one Sunday changed his life. As Love sang a little-known
hymn, a worshipper-a radio station owner-was impressed with the
teenager's voice and invited him to audition as an announcer.
Although reluctant, Love tried out and landed the position. From
there, he moved into fledgling television and began to anchor a
raucous local event: Saturday Night Wrestlin'. The show, always
completely scripted, triggered passions ignited by the demeaning
talk, revealing the worst in human emotions. Through it all, Love
kept his demeanor, dodging a hail of soft drinks and rotten
vegetables hurled by irate fans at the wrestlers.
Love's popularity thrust him into West Virginia politics,
attending National Democratic Conventions as a delegate and gaining
a gubernatorial appointment as a state senator-a post to which he
was reelected in every subsequent election cycle.
Author Mannix Porterfield chronicles the engaging details of
Shirley Love's life, through the eyes of Love, his family, and his
colleagues. Love's life proves that talent, desire, and energy can
propel a shy individual with a provocative name from obscurity to
success.
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