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Author Gray, Frances Clayton, 1943-

Title Born to win : the authorized biography of Althea Gibson / Frances Clayton Gray, Yanick Rice Lamb ; foreword by Bill Cosby ; afterword by Venus Williams.

Publication Info. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV994.G53 G73 2004    Available  ---
Description xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-239) and index.
Contents "Traveling girl" -- "Holding court" -- "Champion of nothing" -- "At last! at last" -- "Playing new notes" -- "Turning pro" -- "Swing time" -- "The comeback kid" -- "Ambassador for excellence" -- "Revolutionizing the sports world" -- "A private life, a public legacy".
Subject Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
Tennis players -- United States -- Biography.
Tennis players.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject African American women tennis players -- Biography.
African American women tennis players.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Author Lamb, Yanick Rice.
ISBN 0471471658 cloth