Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion [Paperback]

Arthur Ashe (Author), Frank Deford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993

Between Wimbledon 1973 and Wimbledon 1974 top tennis professional Arthur Ashe played center court on five continents, made 129 airplane trips, slept in 71 different beds, and traveled 165,000 miles. The dramatic diary he kept throughout that time on and off the court is the basis of this book. of photographs.

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From Publishers Weekly

Ashe's diary of the 1973-74 tennis season, one of his most successful as a player. Photos.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786700505
• ISBN-13: 978-0786700509
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,921,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( A ) > Ashe, Arthur

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must, November 25, 1997

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Bill Walsh "Bill Walsh" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion (Paperback)

"Portrait in Motion," essentially a diary kept by Arthur Ashe in 1973 and 1974, captures life on the pro tennis circuit better than any other book I've read. The tour has changed a lot since then, of course, but his description of week-to-week ups and downs (most weeks, of course, end with a loss) holds up well. There are plenty of flashes of Ashe's political consciousness as well, but his frank discussion of his agnosticism doesn't quite match the spirituality he describes in later books.