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A terrible splendor : three extraordinary men, a world poised for war, and the greatest tennis match ever played /

Looks at the prominent figures and events surrounding the 1937 Davis Cup Tournament, specifically the match between Don Budge of the United States and Gottfried von Cramm of Germany.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisher, Marshall (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2009]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Davis Cup > History.
Cramm, Gottfried von, > 1909-1976.
Budge, Don, > 1915-2000.
Davis Cup.
Davis Cup > historia.
Tennis > Tournaments > History.
Tennis players > Germany > Biography.
Gay men > Germany > Biography.
Gay athletes > Germany > Biography.
Gays > Nazi persecution.
National socialism.
Tennis players > United States > Biography.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Tennis.
Gay men.
Tennis players.
Tennis > Tournaments.
Germany.
United States.
Tennis > historia.
Tennisspelare > Tyskland > biografi.
Tennisspelare > Förenta staterna > biografi.
Homosexuella män > Tyskland > biografi.
Nazistisk förföljelse av homosexuella.
Nazism.
Biography.
History.
Nonfiction.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Description
Summary:Looks at the prominent figures and events surrounding the 1937 Davis Cup Tournament, specifically the match between Don Budge of the United States and Gottfried von Cramm of Germany.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-312) and index.
ISBN:9780307393944
0307393941