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A Terrible Splendor
by Fisher, Marshall JonEdition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780307393951
ISBN10:
030739395X
Format:
Trade Paper
Pub. Date:
4/20/2010
Publisher(s):
Broadway
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Summary
On the eve of World War II, with the Nazi flag fluttering over Wimbledon's Centre Court, America's tennis champion took on Germany's. One man played for his country, while the other, hounded by the Gestapo, played for his life. A third, perhaps the greatest player of them all, saw his own double life reflected in the contest. Book jacket.
Author Biography
MARSHALL JON FISHER’s work has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, and other magazines. His essay "Memoria ex Machina" was featured in Best American Essays 2003. He has written several books with his father, David E. Fisher, including Tube: The Invention of Television. Marshall lives in the Berkshires with his wife
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Table of Contents
| Author's Note | p. xiii |
| The Gentleman of Wimbledon | p. 1 |
| Appeasement | p. 37 |
| An American Twist | p. 95 |
| "I'm Playing for My Life" | p. 153 |
| No Man Living or Dead | p. 189 |
| Aftermatch Miracles of Redemption | p. 225 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 269 |
| Notes | p. 272 |
| Index | p. 313 |
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