Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History Commemorative Edition Contributor(s): Aamidor, Abraham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253030064 ISBN-13: 9780253030061 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Sports & Recreation | Basketball |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.63 lbs) 202 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe. Although his name is on the label of the legendary All Stars, which have been worn by hundreds of millions, little is known about the man behind the name. For this biography, Abe 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, separating fact from fiction, and discovering that the truth--warts and all--was much more interesting than the myth. Chuck Taylor was a basketball player who also served as a wartime coach with the US Army Air Forces and organized thousands of high school and college basketball clinics. 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 who was inducted into the Sporting Goods Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Chuck Taylor, All Star is the true story of a man, a company, a sport, and a nation. |