Big Bill Tilden: The Triumphs and the Tragedy (Hall of Fame Edition, No. 2)

By Frank Deford

Book Overview

So writes acclaimed author Frank Deford in a new foreword to his classic biography of tennis champion Bill Tilden, one of the most successful, yet tragic, figures in American sports history. Bill... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671222546
• ISBN13: 9780671222543
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Briljant book

This book from 1976 is still a great book. The person of Bill Tilden comes alive. Mr Deford did a very well job not to let take bias over and wrote an excellent, honest and well documented biography. One of the best I've ever read.