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Author | : Caroline Seebohm |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2009-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0803220413 |
Born into a poor family in Ecuador, Pancho Segura was an undersized and undernourished kid working as a ball boy at an exclusive tennis club when he first picked up a racket. Little Pancho is the story of how this improbable athlete, with his bandy legs, infectious smile, and unorthodox two-handed style of play, became one of the greatest and most beloved tennis players of all time. During his twenty years in pro tennis, general audiences appreciated his spirit as a master entertainer, while tennis fans adored him. ø Drawing on interviews with many in the game who knew or admired Pancho, Caroline Seebohm provides a close-up picture of the unlikely pro as his career first emerged in Ecuador and then developed further in the United States during the 1940s, where he broke down social and political prejudices with his charm, naturalness, and brilliance on the court. ø Little Pancho follows Segura from the University of Miami, where he won three consecutive NCAA championships (still a record), to his time on the U.S. professional tennis tour. On the pro tour of that time, Segura and his fellow players struggled to earn a living and find acceptance in the traditional, sometimes elitist tennis world, which scorned ?professionals? as outcasts. Little Pancho shows us Segura when he quit the professional tour to become a coach at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, working with movie stars such as Charlton Heston, Barbra Streisand, and Lauren Bacall. And finally, we hear for the first time from some of the later champions Segura coached, including Jimmy Connors. This history of tennis in the midcenturyøalso is the inspiring story of how one poor Latino kid, through sheer grit, grace, and talent, changed the face of the sport forever.
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Total Pages | : 1256 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Copyright |
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Author | : Alan Dennington |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2004-12-13 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1420809768 |
Best Seller is Aaron and Alan Denningtons first collaborative effort. It is a humorous tale of love, life, and friendship that is as touching as it is entertaining. Tex and Don expected a peaceful weekend at the lake until they went to their friend Jays house and accidentally destroyed his moms Barbra Streisand autographed Yentl poster. From there, they drive, gamble, and arm-wrestle their way to a memorabilia auction in Oregon to find one of the only other autographed posters in existence. Meanwhile, the unfortunately named Colon (pronounced Collin) goes the Greyhound route to track down his large love, Helga. You cant put this book down as you root for the characters to find friendship, love, and that darn poster.
Author | : Alfred Edward Thomas Watson |
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Total Pages | : 716 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Sports |
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Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Sports |
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Author | : Robert Brenneman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2011-11-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0199912491 |
Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding "homie" gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ) - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.
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Release | : 1914 |
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Author | : John Grasso |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 589 |
Release | : 2013-11-14 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0810878674 |
Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world, reaching back to the Ancient Greeks, although it has become popular only in the past century or so. But, in some ways, it is a rather complicated sport since – to avoid unnecessary harm – it has been endowed with rules to keep it clean, referees to see the rules are obeyed, and organizations to regulate the sport. Boxing was once largely amateur, although the professional bouts attracted the most attention, but now it is also an Olympic sport. And, over the years, there has been one champion after another who symbolized what boxing was all about, such Joe Louis, Mohammad Ali and Cassius Clay. Naturally, these champions are the focus of the Historical Dictionary of Boxing as well, and they have the biggest entries in the dictionary section, but they had to fight against someone and there are dozens and dozens of other boxers with smaller entries. More of these boxers come from the United States than elsewhere, but there are others from Europe, Asia and Latin America, and there are also entries on the major boxing countries as well. Plus entries on the rules, on the organizations, and on the technical terminology and jargon you have to know just to follow the bouts. The introduction provides a broad view of boxing’s history while the chronology traces events from 688 B.C. to 2012 A.D. Not all that much has been written on boxing that is not ephemeral, but much of that literature can be found in the bibliography. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of boxing.
Author | : J. P. S. Brown |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780826341907 |
Born into a family of cattlemen on the southern Arizona border at the beginning of the Great Depression, Mikey Summers is raised by people who are wilder than the animals under their care. Maggie, his mother, is quick to love, but also quick to fight, loves contention as much as peace, likes to run and play, but is decent with a fine moral sense. She does hard work as though tapping for a dance, but can be as mean and ill-tempered as she is decent and good. Paul Summers, his father, loves to cowboy, ride broncs, get drunk with Maggie's brothers, be Maggie's husband as long as it is fun, but tries not to get serious about any of it. When Maggie reminds him that he will have to stop running and playing and be responsible, he only grins. As his parents and uncles and their families work and play hard to keep their world from dying of drought, disease, and the Depression, Mikey revels in its fathers, mothers, horses, dirt, dogs, cows, and trees and learns that he must fight his own battles to keep it. Based on J. P. S. Brown's own experiences growing up and ranching in Mexico and Arizona, The World in Pancho's Eye offers an honest and heartfelt portrayal of the life of working cowboys and the love they and their families have for the job.