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Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine
Harry Pearson
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Description for Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: WS. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
His father was a first-class cricketer, his grandfather was a slave. Born in rural Trinidad in 1901, Learie Constantine was the most dynamic all-round cricketer of his age (1928-1939) when he played Test cricket for the West Indies and club cricket for Nelson. Few who saw Constantine in action would ever forget the experience. As well as the cricketing genius that led to Constantine being described as 'the most original cricketer of his time', Connie illuminates the world that he grew up in, a place where the memories of slavery were still fresh ... Read more
His father was a first-class cricketer, his grandfather was a slave. Born in rural Trinidad in 1901, Learie Constantine was the most dynamic all-round cricketer of his age (1928-1939) when he played Test cricket for the West Indies and club cricket for Nelson. Few who saw Constantine in action would ever forget the experience. As well as the cricketing genius that led to Constantine being described as 'the most original cricketer of his time', Connie illuminates the world that he grew up in, a place where the memories of slavery were still fresh ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408705728
SKU
V9781408705728
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99-10
About Harry Pearson
Harry Pearson was born and brought up on the edge of Teesside. He is the author of eight works of non-fiction. The Far Corner - A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football, was runner-up for the William Hill Prize and has been named as one of the Fifty Greatest Sports Books of All Time by both the Observer and The Times. ... Read more
Reviews for Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine
A beautiful book
New European
Cricket fans will cherish . . . and Harry Pearson 's admirable Learie Constantine biography Connie
Huw Richards
Guardian
Harry Pearson is an author with an aversion to uninteresting sentences. Connie is a constantly engaging study
Giles Smith
The Times
an excellently researched and sensitively handled account ... Read more
New European
Cricket fans will cherish . . . and Harry Pearson 's admirable Learie Constantine biography Connie
Huw Richards
Guardian
Harry Pearson is an author with an aversion to uninteresting sentences. Connie is a constantly engaging study
Giles Smith
The Times
an excellently researched and sensitively handled account ... Read more