Caroline Seebohm

Little Pancho

The Life of Tennis Legend Pancho Segura

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Produktbeschreibung

Caroline Seebohm is the author of numerous books, including No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree and the novel The Innocents. She is a keen tennis player, but her only title is the singles championship at her boarding school in England. She now lives on the Delaware River in New Jersey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780803220416
• ISBN-10: 0803220413
• Artikelnr.: 26018469

Autorenporträt

Caroline Seebohm is the author of numerous books, including No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree and the novel The Innocents. She is a keen tennis player, but her only title is the singles championship at her boarding school in England. She now lives on the Delaware River in New Jersey.

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Contents
Prologue: A Match to Remember
1. Miracle in Ecuador  
2. The Education of a Tennis Prodigy     
3. Hasta Luego!  
4. Love On and Off the Court 
5. The Professional Circus Act     
6. A New Contender     
7. Big Pancho and Little Pancho    
8. Playing Hard, Playing Tough     
9. Coach to the Stars  
10. Happy Days in Beverly Hills    
11. Jimbo Rules! 
12. Lows and Highs     
13. Staying Loose at La Costa
14. "Tennis Is My Life"
Acknowledgments  
Appendix: From The Tennis Partner, by Abraham Verghese     
Bibliography     
Index