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Author Hornblum, Allen M., author.

Title American Colossus : Big Bill Tilden and the creation of modern tennis / Allen M. Hornblum ; foreword by John Newcombe.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1; 1. â#x80;#x9C;A Game of Societyâ#x80;#x9D;; 2. â#x80;#x9C;A Useless Kid Who Would Never Be Worth Anythingâ#x80;#x9D;; 3. â#x80;#x9C;Always Keep Mentally Alertâ#x80;#x9D;; Part 2; 4. â#x80;#x9C;A Year of Living Triumphantlyâ#x80;#x9D;; 5. â#x80;#x9C;You Hit Too Hardâ#x80;#x9D;; 6. â#x80;#x9C;No Ordinary Manâ#x80;#x9D;; 7. â#x80;#x9C;The Boss of All Tennis Playersâ#x80;#x9D;; 8. â#x80;#x9C;Evil Influenceâ#x80;#x9D;; 9. â#x80;#x9C;The Greatest Wizard the Game Has Knownâ#x80;#x9D;; Part 3; 10. â#x80;#x9C;Three against Oneâ#x80;#x9D;; 11. â#x80;#x9C;Decidedly Unlike Tildenâ#x80;#x9D;; 12. â#x80;#x9C;Tilden Has Been a Stormy Petrelâ#x80;#x9D;; Part 4; 13. â#x80;#x9C;A Burning Affection for the Gameâ#x80;#x9D.
14. â#x80;#x9C;Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minorâ#x80;#x9D;Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Tilden, William T. (William Tatem), 1893-1953.
Tilden, William T. (William Tatem), 1893-1953.
Tennis players -- United States -- Biography.
Tennis players.
United States.
Tennis -- History.
Tennis.
History.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Hornblum, Allen M. American Colossus. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018] 9780803288119 (DLC) 2017037675 (OCoLC)1009311343
ISBN 9781496204332 (electronic book)
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0803288115
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