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Author:
Deans, Karen, author.
Title:
Playing to win : how Althea Gibson broke barriers and changed tennis forever / Karen Deans ; illustrated by Elbrite Brown.
Publisher:
Holiday House,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
Subject:
Gibson, Althea,--1927-2003--Juvenile literature.
Tennis players--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women tennis players--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
Brown, Elbrite, illustrator.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
0823448533
9780823448531
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

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