The art of tennis / Nicholas Fox Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tennis.

Tennis--History.

Tennis players--Biography.

Tennis players.

tennis.

Physical Description:

xiv, 322 pages, 16 unnumber pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Godine, 2025.

Summary:

"An overview of the game of tennis, including information on notable players and contributors to the sport"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue. The Tennis Court Is Home

Chapter One. Charisma

Chapter Two. Tennis in the Art of Bonnard and Vuillard

Chapter Three. The Curious Case of Claude Anet

Chapter Four. Alice Marble

Chapter Five. Bill Tilden

Chapter Six. Dressed to Win: Katharine Hepburn and Rene Lacoste

Chapter Seven. Suzanne Lenglen

Chapter Eight. Pierre

Chapter Nine. The Song and Dance of Tennis

Chapter Ten. "Green or Yellow?"

Chapter Eleven. Helen Wills

Chapter Twelve. Vladimir Nabokov

Chapter Thirteen. Tennis Chic: Jean Patou

Chapter Fourteen. Althea Gibson

Chapter Fifteen. Tennis in the Work of Eadweard Muybridge

Chapter Sixteen. Bunny Austin

Chapter Seventeen. A Faberge Tennis Trophy

Chapter Eighteen. Anyone for Tennis?

Chapter Nineteen. Guillermo Vilas

Chapter Twenty. Oleg Cassini

Chapter Twenty-One. Henry McBride

Chapter Twenty-Two. Caravaggio

Chapter Twenty-Three. Mantua

Chapter Twenty-Four. Henry V

Chapter Twenty-Five. Nick Ohly

Epilogue. The Magic of It All

Notes

Credits

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947- Art of tennis

ISBN:

9781567928310

1567928315

OCLC:

1498666894