Little Pancho

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Seebohm is the author of numerous books, including No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree and the novel The Innocents. She is a keen tennis player, but her only title is the singles championship at her boarding school in England. She now lives on the Delaware River in New Jersey. Klappentext Caroline Seebohm is the author of numerous books, including No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree and the novel The Innocents. She is a keen tennis player, but her only title is the singles championship at her boarding school in England. She now lives on the Delaware River in New Jersey. Zusammenfassung Born into a poor family in Ecuador, Pancho Segura was an undersized and undernourished kid working as a ball boy at an exclusive tennis club when he first picked up a racket. Little Pancho is the story of how this improbable athlete, with his bandy legs, infectious smile, and unorthodox two-handed style of play, became one of the greatest and most beloved tennis players of all time. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPrologue: A Match to Remember 1. Miracle in Ecuador 2. The Education of a Tennis Prodigy 3. Hasta Luego! 4. Love On and Off the Court 5. The Professional Circus Act 6. A New Contender 7. Big Pancho and Little Pancho 8. Playing Hard, Playing Tough 9. Coach to the Stars 10. Happy Days in Beverly Hills 11. Jimbo Rules! 12. Lows and Highs 13. Staying Loose at La Costa 14. "Tennis Is My Life" Acknowledgments Appendix: From The Tennis Partner, by Abraham Verghese Bibliography Index

Autorentext
Caroline Seebohm is the author of numerous books, including No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree and the novel The Innocents. She is a keen tennis player, but her only title is the singles championship at her boarding school in England. She now lives on the Delaware River in New Jersey.

Zusammenfassung
Born into a poor family in Ecuador, Pancho Segura was an undersized and undernourished kid working as a ball boy at an exclusive tennis club when he first picked up a racket. Little Pancho is the story of how this improbable athlete, with his bandy legs, infectious smile, and unorthodox two-handed style of play, became one of the greatest and most beloved tennis players of all time.

Inhalt
ContentsPrologue: A Match to Remember 1. Miracle in Ecuador 2. The Education of a Tennis Prodigy 3. Hasta Luego! 4. Love On and Off the Court 5. The Professional Circus Act 6. A New Contender 7. Big Pancho and Little Pancho 8. Playing Hard, Playing Tough 9. Coach to the Stars 10. Happy Days in Beverly Hills 11. Jimbo Rules! 12. Lows and Highs 13. Staying Loose at La Costa 14. "Tennis Is My Life" Acknowledgments Appendix: From The Tennis Partner, by Abraham Verghese Bibliography Index

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