Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted To Be Somebody
From Shelf: Sporting Memoirs
I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on to break the color barrier in tennis and achieving the pinnacle of the sport by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and becoming an inspiration for many future champions such as Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams, among many others.
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RRP: £17.95
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781937559977
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