Long Time Coming : A Black Athelete's Coming-of-Age in America

Long Time Coming : A Black Athelete's Coming-of-Age in America Chet Walker

Author: Chet Walker
Published Date: 31 Dec 1995
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Language: English
Format: Hardback::258 pages
ISBN10: 0802115047
Filename: long-time-coming-a-black-athelete's-coming-of-age-in-america.pdf
Dimension: 152.4x 231.14x 25.4mm::521.63g

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