Wilma

by Wilma Rudolph

Vintage TV tie-in paperback

Genres: Nonfiction, Sports, African American

172 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 8, 1977

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An incredible story of overcoming adversity and odds being against you! She is an inspiration of beleiving in yourself and not what others say

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frickin’ inspirational!! Rudolph’s chatty, conversational voice was the best part. Her take-down of the white-dominated women’s movement of her era at the very end was the hardest part. Her description of “kidnapping” her own baby daughter in the middle of the night was the funniest part. My favorite sentence: “How many black women golfers are there, or how many black women tennis players?” I don’t know from golf, but I wish she were around to enjoy women’s professional tennis.

[Karthi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good autobiography

[Wajed · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's not so easy to rate an autobiography, I got confused shall I rate the way the book has been written or the character herself (Wilma) ! I always loved and enjoyed running. I watch the Olympics only to see the running events. I came across Wilma Rudolph while I was digging in the subject. I was fascinated by the way she ran, she looked beautiful and awkward, she mentioned it was because of her exceptionally long stature. She was the 1st American athlete who wins 3 gold medals in one Olympic year. She thinks that she had 2 great accomplishments in life, her medals and being first on in her big family members that went to college. The book was simple and easy written, I loved the material of the book something in old fashioned papers that allures me.

[Debra E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like re reading books. This one because it was the first one about a woman I saw as a real hero when I was young. As a kid I like books, but love Television. If the was a book that tied in to something I had seen than it became the one I had to read. ABC had made a TV movie about Wilma so when I saw this book a few years later I had to read it to see what more I could learn about her life.

[Debra Battle · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's been sometime since the last time I read this book but it still one of my favorite books about a real hero who never let life stop her from getting all that their is to get.