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-- Jazz Age goddess of tennis2022., Avery Hill Pub. Call No: GN HUM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis society in the trailblazing jazz age. [This book] explores how a figure both . . . influential and . . . overlooked battled her father's ambition, bias in sporting journalism, and her own divisive personality, to forge a new path, and to change sport forever"--Back cover.
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-- Jazz age goddess of tennis2022., Adolescent, Avery Hill Publishing Call No: GN B LEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis society in the trailblazing jazz age"--From the publisher's web site.
