Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson
Book Description
Written in a lively, readable style, this book profiles two women who broke new ground in tennis. Alice Marble (1913-1990) became the first woman to play "power tennis", and by 1939 had won several Wimbledon titles. Althea Gibson (1927- ) broke the racial "color line" in tennis by entering many previously white-only tournaments, and became the first black person to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbl... More
Book Information
Publisher | Seal Press |
Binding | Paperback |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 180 |
ISBN-10 | 1878067885 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1878067883 |
Publication Date | 05/12/1997 |
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