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King, Billie Jean

Summary: "In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career--six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, andher watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KING, BILLIE JEAN KIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B KING KIN

Stabler, David

Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 STA

Meltzer, Brad

Summary: "Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Read about this amazing woman athlete in the seventeenth picture book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am King

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