Althea Gibson
young tennis player
Follows the life of the first black woman to win the tennis competition at Wimbledon. One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history.
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