About this title: A 1973 "battle of the sexes" is explored in this fascinating account of the tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King at the Houston Astrodome.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400051465ISBN:1400051460
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2005-08-16
ISBN-13:9781400051465ISBN:1400051460
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400051465ISBN:1400051460
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Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400051465ISBN:1400051460
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2005-08-16
ISBN-13:9781400051465ISBN:1400051460
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"I thought the quality of the writing was pedestrian and the layout of the chapters was choppy and unorganized. A earth-shifting event in the history of sports, and feminism, deserves a telling that is more emotionally-charged."
"The scope of this social history goes way beyond a tennis match of the 70's. I learned some wonderful context for existing knowledge of the modern women's movement. The cultural references were easy for me to "get" having lived through most of the events in the book (obvioulsy NOT Bobby Riggs Wimbledon wins). Even though some of the allusions here may go over the heads of a much younger reader, the value to a younger reader is the lesson of the intense 1970's struggle for rights for women in general. I was only vaguely aware of the huge challenge that Title IX faced in the early 90's. Very scary part of the book. Selena Roberts' writing is clear, the story is full of tension, the topics vary from Billie Jean's marriage, to the rise of Venus and Serena Williams, to the US Women's Soccer winning a nail-biting World Cup championship in 1999, benefactors of BJK's fight for women's equality in sports education. Lots to love in this book. I'm a slow reader, but couldn't put it down and read it in less than 3 days."
"She's an inspiration to us all! Women's sports wouldn't have evolved into what they are today if it weren't for the courageous and passionate work of Billie Jean."
"Selena Roberts is the finest writer in the sports department of the New York Times. I'm not kidding, nor exaggerating. This book is well served by a clean style developed through years of working with restrictive deadlines word counts. The prose lacks extraneous belly button gazing, but she does recreate the time and place when Billie Jean King picked up women, put them on her shoulders, and won a tennis match. It's also interesting that Roberts follows King's contributions through the Williams sisters, a nice history of Title IX, and the 1999 Women's World Cup team. Excellent and fast read."
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