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Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2006-03-02
- Pages
- 184
- ISBN
- 9780253346988
- Book Title
- Chuck Taylor, All Star : the True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- History, Basketball, Sports
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 17.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
About this product
Product Information
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 Jordan, but Chuck Taylor did earn the right to be the face behind the most popular shoe in basketball. For this first-ever biography, Abraham Aamidor went on a three-year quest to learn the true story of Chuck Taylor. The search took him across the country, tracking down leads, and separating truth from legend--discovering that the truth, warts and all, was much more interesting than the myth. He found Chuck involved with "industrial league" basketball in the 1920s, working as a wartime coach with the Army Air Force, and organizing clinic after clinic. He was a true "ambassador of basketball" in Europe and South America as well as all over the United States. And he was, to be sure, a consummate marketing genius. He was elected to the Sporting Goods Hall of Fame before his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. This biography makes it clear that he belongs in both.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253346983
ISBN-13
9780253346988
eBay Product ID (ePID)
47036376
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chuck Taylor, All Star : the True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History, Basketball, Sports
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv884.T38a36 2005
Table of Content
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hall of Fame 2. Non-Skids 3. Salesman 4. The Invisible Pass 5. Special Service 6. Air-Tecs 7. World Tourney 8. "Me" 9. Glory Appendix: The History of the Converse Rubber Shoe Company Notes on Research Notes Index
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-016232
Dewey Decimal
796.323/092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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