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The Goddess and the American Girl
Author:Larry Englemann
Published on 1997-08-01 by

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Book Description :

A superb dual biography, the first of either player to appear in English. It follows the careers of both women from the time they first set foot on a tennis court. In Europe & America in the 1920s & '30s they were better known & more admired than any movie star, politician, or royal family member. Suzanne Lenglen adapted power tennis to women's play. She was the first non-English-speaking woman to win the Wimbledon singles championship -- a title she held six times between 1919-1925. Helen Wills beat Lenglen's Wimbledon record & won every singles match she entered from 1926 to 1933. Photos.