The Match
Subtitle: Althea Gibson and a Portrait of a Friendship
Publisher: Amistad
Published: May 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060526535
Subjects: Tennis; True stories of endurance & survival; Women And Sports; Sports & Recreation; Sports; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Sports & Recreation / Tennis
First sentence: ALTHEA GIBSON was born in South Carolina, but at three years old she was bundled off to Harlem to live with her aunt Sally, who sold bootleg whiskey.