I Remember Arthur Ashe: Memories of a True Tennis Pioneer and Champion of Social Causes by the People Who Knew Him

by Mike Towle

Overview

I Remember Arthur Ashe", by Mike Towle, is filled with personal recollections of the people who knew tennis star Arthur Ashe best. In this book his peers, friends, and many others close to him offer new and expanded remembrances of a great man and champion whose legacy is very much alive today."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781581821499
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	02/20/2001
Series:	I Remember
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,137,388
Product dimensions:	5.33(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.77(d)

Editorial Reviews

Next in the I Remember... series is I Remember Arthur Ashe, a collection of firsthand accounts by friends, colleagues, coaches, journalists and others acquainted with Ashe in any number of ways. Edited by sportswriter Mike Towle, the book addresses not only the rarefied world of the tennis champion, but also the interplay between celebrity and race politics. Ashe, raised in a Southern, middle-class family and winner at Wimbledon and the U.S. and Australian Open tournaments, used his fame to spread awareness of apartheid and AIDS. The people who knew him lovingly chronicle his inspiring life. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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