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Mighty Atom Resource Page

Here is every significant mention I could find on The Mighty Atom (Joseph Greenstein) on the Internet. 


  1)  "The Spiritual Journey of Joseph L. Greenstein, The Mighty Atom, World's Strongest Man," by Ed Spielman.  See to the right column to buy from Amazon, however, it is currently unavailable there new.  Another option is the original used hardcover edition, usually a few copies are available at Abebooks, click the "Find Books" link to the right to see the current books available.                        Search for the Mighty Atom book usually available used at:

    2)  "Iron Age," by Peter Duffy. Article in the Village Voice describing the 1998 annual dinner of the Association of Oldetime Barbell & Strongmen.  This is a fascinating article which was very well done. 

    3a)  "Reminiscing About  The Mighty Atom & Slim Farman... A Day I Shall Never Forget," by Vic Boff.   This article is at Naturalstrength.com. See books by Vic Boff at Bigsteel's Rare Book page or go directly to current books by Vic Boff at Abebooks.

    3b)  Here's the same article  again, but with pictures. This is from a rather quirky Spiritual Cite  which is kind of interesting.  

    4)  "Atom's philosophy of health," by Vic Boff.  This article is also in Naturalstrength.com. 

    5)  See triva about The Mighty Atom half way down the page.  I wonder if this is true, but it is interesting either way. 

    6) "The Mighty Atom, Miracle Marvel" by Dennis Rogers (A great strongman in his own right, see his web site). See back issues of Milo at Ironmind, March 1998, page 37. 

    7)   In the weightlifting hall of fame at York Barbell there is a mention of The Mighty Atom. 
If you take the tour and look closely you can see the display pictures of the Atom and the display case containing the last 40-penny nail that he bit through. 

    8)   I have a bigger picture of the Mighty Atom book cover Here on my book page.


Call for Information: 
    The Mighty Atom worked as a pitchman at Coney Island for many years.  I would imagine that people have unpublished pictures of this tremendous strongman.  If you have any information regarding The Mighty Atom (especially pictures) I would love an e-mail from you.  Go to the contact page to send me an e-mail.   
 

 


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Currently unavailable at Amazon, but you can still buy used: