Nostalgia: Some good reads...

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  • gzhpcu
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 3211

    #1

    Nostalgia: Some good reads...

    "As it was" by Gardnar P. Mulloy - an insider's look at the world of tennis, great anecdotes

    "The Game" by Jack Kramer

    "Little Pancho: the life of tennis legend Pancho Segura" Caroline Seebohm

    "Man with a Racket" Pancho Gonzalez

    "Golden Boy: the life and times of Lew Hoad" Larry Hodgson and Dudley Jones

    "Unflappable: the life and times of Whitney Reed" C.F. Stewart

    "A Handful of Summers" Gordon Forbes
    Regards, Phil
  • John Yandell
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2005
    • 6883

    #2
    Handful of Summers is one of the great memoirs--period.

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    • DougEng
      Guest
      • Oct 2011
      • 237

      #3
      Originally posted by johnyandell
      Handful of Summers is one of the great memoirs--period.
      I have several. Handful is classic.
      Unflappable (not particularly well written) - I have as a gift from a friend who played against Whitney. Heard of all his antics.
      There are some more…gotta check my old shelves...

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      • stotty
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2009
        • 6634

        #4
        Originally posted by johnyandell
        Handful of Summers is one of the great memoirs--period.
        Best tennis book ever, no question...and funny.
        Stotty

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