Little Wonder: Lottie Dod, the First Female Sports Superstar - Couverture souple

Abramsky, Sasha

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909715913 ISBN 13 : 9781909715912

Editeur : Arena Sport, 2021

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2021

'A welcome resurrection of a true pioneer' - Kirkus Reviews

Little Wonder tells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a champion tennis player, golfer, hockey player, tobogganist, skater, mountaineer, and archer. She was also a first-rate musician, performing numerous choral concerts in London in the 1920s and 1930s, including in a private performance before the King and Queen. In the late 19th century, Dod was almost certainly the second most famous woman in the British Isles, bested only by the fame of Queen Victoria. She was fawned over by the press, and loved by a huge fan base - which composed poems and songs in her honor, followed her from one tournament to the next, voraciously read every profile published on her and every report on her sporting triumphs.

Yet, within a decade or two of her retirement from sports, Dod was largely a forgotten figure. She lived, unmarried and childless, until 1960, and for the last half of her life she was shrouded in obscurity. In this new book, Sasha Abramsky brings Lottie's remarkable achievements back into the public eye in a fascinating story of resilience and determination.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sasha Abramsky grew up in London and now lives in Sacramento with dual UK-US citizenship. He is a freelance journalist, writer, public speaker and university lecturer at U.C. Davis. He has written thousands of articles and is the author of eight published books including Inside Obama's Brain (Penguin, 2009), The American Way of Poverty (Nation Books, 2013) and The House of Twenty Thousand Books (Halban, 2014).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arena Sport
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909715913
• ISBN 13: 9781909715912
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible