Sports Heroines
- ISBN-10
- 1561562076
- ISBN-13
- 9781561562077
- Category
- Sports for women
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Author
- Lee Kilduff
Description
Chronicles the lives of seven incredible female athletes - Jennifer Capriati, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Summer Sanders, Shannon Miller, Kristi Yamaguchi, Silken Laumann, and Manon Rheaume.
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