- Publisher: Arena
- Year: 2021
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 214x134mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781909715912
- Product code: 519458
Little Wonder
The Extraordinary Story of Lottie Dod, the World's First Female Sports Superstar
Sasha Abramsky New Paperback Illustrated
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‘Little Wonder’ was just 15 when she won Wimbledon in 1887, and went on to win the tournament four more times before receiving a silver medal for archery at the 1908 Olympics, excelling at golf and playing hockey for England. In this biography Sasha Abramsky highlights Lottie Dod’s determination to pursue her love of sport despite the restrictions of social convention.
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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
One of The Times 50 Best Sports Books
Little Wonder tells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a champion tennis player, golfer, hockey player, tobogganist, skater, mountaineer, and archer. She was also a first-rate musician, performing numerous choral concerts in London in the 1920s and 1930s, including in a private performance before the King and Queen.
In the late 19th century, Dod was almost certainly the second most famous woman in the British Isles, bested only by the fame of Queen Victoria. She was fawned over by the press, and loved by a huge fan base - which composed poems and songs in her honor, followed her from one tournament to the next, voraciously read every profile published on her and every report on her sporting triumphs.
Yet, within a decade or two of her retirement from sports, Dod was largely a forgotten figure. She lived, unmarried and childless, until 1960, and for the last half of her life she was shrouded in obscurity. In this new book, Sasha Abramsky brings Lottie's remarkable achievements back into the public eye in a fascinating story of resilience and determination.
One of The Times 50 Best Sports Books
Little Wonder tells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a champion tennis player, golfer, hockey player, tobogganist, skater, mountaineer, and archer. She was also a first-rate musician, performing numerous choral concerts in London in the 1920s and 1930s, including in a private performance before the King and Queen.
In the late 19th century, Dod was almost certainly the second most famous woman in the British Isles, bested only by the fame of Queen Victoria. She was fawned over by the press, and loved by a huge fan base - which composed poems and songs in her honor, followed her from one tournament to the next, voraciously read every profile published on her and every report on her sporting triumphs.
Yet, within a decade or two of her retirement from sports, Dod was largely a forgotten figure. She lived, unmarried and childless, until 1960, and for the last half of her life she was shrouded in obscurity. In this new book, Sasha Abramsky brings Lottie's remarkable achievements back into the public eye in a fascinating story of resilience and determination.
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