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    Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
    ISBN
    9780195043631
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Oxford University Press, Incorporated
    ISBN-10
    0195043634
    ISBN-13
    9780195043631
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    1533256

    Product Key Features

    Number of Pages
    480 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Name
    Goddess and the American Girl : the Story of Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills
    Subject
    Tennis, Cultural Heritage, Linguistics / General, Sports
    Publication Year
    1988
    Type
    Textbook
    Author
    Not Available
    Subject Area
    Sports & Recreation, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.7 in
    Item Weight
    33.3 Oz
    Item Length
    9.5 in
    Item Width
    6.5 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    87-031556
    Dewey Edition
    19
    TitleLeading
    The
    Illustrated
    Yes
    Dewey Decimal
    796.342/092/2 B
    Synopsis
    Better known and more admired in the 1920s and '30s than any politician, movie star, or royal family member, Suzanne Lenglen, lionized by Frenchmen as "The Goddess," and Helen Wills, called "Queen Helen" or simply "The American Girl," revolutionized tennis with their power and grace and beauty, and in the process virtually invented the concept of celebrity athlete. This superb dual biography--the first of either player to appear in English--follows their careers from the time they first set foot on a tennis court through their ascent and descent on the international circuit. Suzanne Lenglen was introduced to the game at age eleven by her father, an overzealous French businessman who is credited with adapting tennis to women's play. "Papa" Lenglen trained his daughter rigorously and throughout her career was her mentor and coach, providing sips of cognac at key moments and watching her every move with a stern parental eye. Lenglen, known by her trademark white ermine cape and diamond-studded headband, became the first non-English-speaking woman to win the Wimbledon singles championship--a title she held six times between 1919 and 1925. But to her fellow Frenchmen she was more than a great athlete: she was a symbol of resurgent French pride after the costly bloodshed of World War I, a national hero on the level of Joan of Arc. Helen Wills beat Lenglen's Wimbledon record although she lost the only match in which they came face to face. In 1938, Wills set a record of eight Wimbledon wins--unparalleled until Martina Navratilova tied it last year. Wills dominated women's tennis as few athletes in any sport have done, winning every singles match she entered from 1926 to 1933. Like Lenglen, Wills was introduced to tennis by her father and played a "man's game." But there the similarities end. Whereas Lenglen was homely and prone to nervous fits, Wills was a great American beauty whose coolness on the court earned her the name "Little Miss Poker face." She was America's heartthrob, a "California girl" whose health and good looks defined the American "New Woman." Engelmann brilliantly brings to life not only the women, their families, and friends, but the whole international sports world of the era. Filled with anecdotes about tennis clubs and the famous of the day--including Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Kennedy, and Bill Tilden--it is at once sports history, social history, and entertaining biography., Better known and more admired in the 1920s and '30s than any politician, movie star, or royal family member, Suzanne Lenglen, lionized by Frenchmen as "The Goddess," and Helen Wills, called "Queen Helen" or simply "The American Girl," revolutionized tennis with their power and grace and beauty, and in the process virtually invented the concept of celebrity athlete. This superb dual biography--the first of either player to appear in English--follows their careers from the time they first set foot on a tennis court through their ascent and descent on the international circuit. Engelmann brilliantly brings to life not only the women, their families, and friends, but the whole international sports world of the era. Filled with anecdotes about tennis clubs and the famous of the day--including Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Kennedy, and Bill Tilden--it is at once sports history, social history, and entertaining biography.
    LC Classification Number
    GV994.L4E54 1988

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