Playing to Win: The Story of Althea Gibson
de Deans, Karen
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Deans on title page.
- ISBN 10
- 0823419266
- ISBN 13
- 9780823419265
- Librería
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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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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- Librería
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 66069
- Título
- Playing to Win: The Story of Althea Gibson
- Autor
- Deans, Karen
- Ilustrador
- Brown, Elbrite
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Deans on title page.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition. FIrst Edition [stated]. FIrst printing indicated
- ISBN 10
- 0823419266
- ISBN 13
- 9780823419265
- Editorial
- Holiday House
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Palabras clave
- 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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