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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784662903321

Autore

Aamidor Abraham

Titolo

Chuck Taylor, Converse all star [[electronic resource] ] : the true story of the man behind the most famous athletic shoe in history / / Abraham Aamidor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-253-11188-9

1-4337-0848-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

796.323/092

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Soggetti

Basketball players - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hall of fame -- Non-skids -- Salesman -- The invisible pass -- Special service -- Air-tecs -- World tourney -- "Me" -- Glory.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Jorda