Little wonder : the fabulous story of Lottie Dod, the world's first female sports superstar
Abramsky, Sasha2020
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Little Wonder tells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a champion tennis player, golfer, hockey player, tobogannist, skater, mountaineer, and archer. She was also a first-rate musician, performing numerous choral concerts in London in the 1920s and 1930s, including in a private performance before the King and Queen. In the late 19th century, Dod was almost certainly the second most famous woman in the British Isles, bested only by the fame of Queen Victoria. She was fawned over by the press, and loved by a huge fan base - which composed poems and songs in her honor, followed her from one tournament to the next, voraciously read every profile published on her and every report on her sporting triumphs.
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Author:
Abramsky, Sasha, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Arena Sport, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781909715912 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.092796.092 DOD
Language:
English
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BRN:
2971531