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Chuck Taylor, Converse all star : the true story of the man behind the most famous athletic shoe in history / Abraham Aamidor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aamidor, Abraham.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basketball players--United States--Biography.
- Basketball players.
- Taylor, Chuck, 1901-1969.
- Taylor, Chuck.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Chuck Taylor, all star
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- His is the name on the label of the legendary Converse All-Star basketball shoe. Though the shoe has been worn by hundreds of millions, few, if any, know a thing about the man behind the name. Some even believe that there is no such person, that he is a marketer's fabrication like Betty Crocker. But ""Chuck Taylor"" was more than a rubber-soled, double-wall canvas-body shoe with a circular ankle patch, with a bright blue star in the middle and a signature across it. He may not have been a Michael Jorda
- Contents:
- Hall of fame
- Non-skids
- Salesman
- The invisible pass
- Special service
- Air-tecs
- World tourney
- "Me"
- Glory.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253111883
- 0253111889
- 9781433708480
- 1433708485
- OCLC:
- 191036985
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