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Author
Deans, Karen.
Title
Playing to win : the story of Althea Gibson / by Karen Deans ; illustrated by Elbrite Brown.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Holiday House, c2007.
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Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction
J 796.342 Dea
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Edition
1st ed.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Growing up in Harlem, Althea Gibson was heading down the wrong path until she found her calling. She went on to become the first African American women to be ranked as the number one woman tennis player in the world.
Subject
Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
Tennis players -- United States -- Biography.
African American women tennis players -- Biography.
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Brown, Elbrite, illustrator.
ISBN
9780823419265
0823419266 (hardcover)
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