Books : I Remember Arthur Ashe: Memories of a True Tennis Pioneer and Champion of Social Causes by the People Who Knew Him
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.342092
EAN num: 9781581821499
ISBN number: 1581821492
Label: Cumberland House Publishing
Manufacturer: Cumberland House Publishing
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Page Count: 175
Printing Date: 2001-02
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Arthur Ashe was a rare kind of American sports hero and trailblazer. An African American growing up in segregated Virginia, by the age of six he demonstrated a natural gift for tennis, a sport that historically was dominated by whites. Ashe went to UCLA on a tennis scholarship and broke down a social barrier as the very first of his race selected to represent the USA in Davis Cup play In 1968 he won the U.S. Open and joined with several other tennis players to form the Association of Tennis Professionals, an organisation that remains one of the most influential sports bodies in the world. As great a tennis player as Ashe was, his life transcended sports. Even though he was the topranked American male tennis player, in 1969 he was denied a visa to play in the South African Open. His subsequent call for the boycott of South Africa by the tennis tour and in Davis Cup play, which received international support in and out of sports, was a profound historical moment for raising the world's awareness of apartheid. Even as political and social activism became a more central part of his life, Ashe continued to excel as a tennis player, adding victories in the 1970 Australian Open and at Wimbledon in 1975 to his sparkling slate of on-court accomplishments. Ashe retired from tennis in 1980, by which time he had already had the very first of two heart surgeries. The second one, in 1983, had dire long-term consequences: he was given a transfusion with blood contaminated by the AIDS virus. He and his family managed to keep his condition secret until 1992, when, confronted by a newspaper with knowledge of his illness, Ashe reluctantly came forward to acknowledge his condition. He died age 49 on February 6, 1993 but not until he had raised AIDS awareness to unprecedented levels, much as he had done with racial injustice decades earlier.
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Pistol Pete was my childhood hero and this book tells me an awful lot about him from people who knew him during different parts of his life. It's people talking about Pete in their own words and the stories and memories are rich and interesting. I especially like the Christian angle to the book, telling of Pete's conversion to Christianity and his evangelical work. Most of the stuff I've read on Maravich downplay that stuff, but I think it as important as anything else he ever accomplished. Nice book for sure.
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This biik is an oral history of Pete Maravich, the player and the person. It recounts the memories of various people who knew Pete as the Pistol and as just plain Pete. It gives a balanced view of his past and is especially interesting in recounting Pete's later days and his conversion to Christianity. A good read for people who may have read Pete's biography but want to see him through others eyes.
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