Lifting the Covers: My Autobiography Now, in the year he retires, he looks back over a career that started as a professional player (he twice reached the last 16 at Wimbledon himself) and now encompasses the top job in tennis. In turns
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| Title | : | Lifting the Covers: My Autobiography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0755312295 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2005-10-15 |
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The sight of Alan Mills, walkie-talkie in hand, peeping out from the side of Centre Court as the first drops of rain start to fall, is all-too-familiar to tennis fans. In the 21 years that Alan Mills has refereed at Wimbledon, he has become as synonymous with the tournament as strawberries and cream. Now, in the year he retires, he looks back over a career that started as a professional player (he twice reached the last 16 at Wimbledon himself) and now encompasses the top job in tennis. In turns amusing, surprising and highly revelatory of the closed world of professional tennis, this is the fascinating story of the man who, for many, is the enduring public face of the world's most popular tennis tournament.
Editorial : About the Author
Born in Lancashire in 1936, Alan Mills OBE played at Wimbledon from 1955 until 1972. He made tennis history in 1959 when he won a Davis Cup singles match 6-0 6-0 6-0 in 32 minutes, and he was the first Englishman to beat the Australian champion Rod Laver in 1961. He has been the Wimbledon referee since 1983. The rest of the year he coaches and referees at other grand slam tournaments around the world, travelling around eight months a year.
He left her home with a fan who didn't even know he was famous or an actor.
This book tackles his marriage and relationship with his only wife Louise, his short lived romance Loretta Young which was dead-ended by a priest in the end, the nature and history of his long relationship with Katherine Hepburn, a kidnapping threat made against his children, his relationship with his children, his son's deafness and its cause, and his alcoholism. It succeeds in this in every way, and allows the reader an inside view of the mind of one of the most noted mathematicians of the twentieth century. It is very methodical and solid. I am an author of photography articles and books and I am outraged that this series of so-called "books" are on the market. I found the book when used along with the Bible to be a great study! Most impressive is Dr. Just a really fun read overall. Poe himself ascribed all his misery to this man who has gone down in history in the blackest hues. This is a book that is
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