Author(s): Larry Engelmann

Sports & Athletics | Secondhand

Better known and more admired in the 1920s and '30s than any politician, movie star, or royal family member, Suzanne Lenglen, lionized by Frenchmen as "The Goddess," and Helen Wills, called "Queen Helen" or simply "The American Girl," revolutionized tennis with their power and grace and beauty, and in the process virtually invented the concept of celebrity athlete. This superb dual biography--the first of either player to appear in English--follows their careers from the time they first set foot on a tennis court through their ascent and descent on the international circuit.

VG in VG dj. Minor foxing and fading. The back of the dust jacket and the back hardcover are slightly pressed. A personal library stamp on the FFEP.