Playing to Win: The Story of Althea Gibson
by Deans, Karen
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Deans on title page.
- ISBN 10
- 0823419266
- ISBN 13
- 9780823419265
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About This Item
New York: Holiday House, 2007. First edition. FIrst Edition [stated]. FIrst printing indicated. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Deans on title page.. Brown, Elbrite. 32 p. Illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Important Dates. As a child in Harlem in the 1930s, Althea Gibson discovered she was a natural at tennis. But it was a sport played mostly by wealthy white people in country clubs that excluded African Americans. Althea was not deterred and set about becoming a barrier-breaking, world-famous athlete.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66069
- Title
- Playing to Win: The Story of Althea Gibson
- Author
- Deans, Karen
- Illustrator
- Brown, Elbrite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Deans on title page.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. FIrst Edition [stated]. FIrst printing indicated
- ISBN 10
- 0823419266
- ISBN 13
- 9780823419265
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Athletes, Harlem, Buddy Walker, Cosmopolitan Club, United States Lawn Tennis Association, USLTA, American Tennis Association, Hubert Eaton, FLorida A&M, Sydney Llewellyn, Wimbledon, Racism
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