Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History

by Abraham Aamidor

Book Overview

His is the name on the label of the legendary Converse All-Star basketball shoe. Though the shoe has been worn by hundreds of millions, few, if any, know a thing about the man behind the name. Some even believe that there is no such person, that he is a marketer's fabrication like Betty Crocker. But "Chuck Taylor" was more than a rubber-soled, double-wall canvas-body shoe with a circular ankle patch, with a bright blue star in the middle and a signature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253346983
• ISBN13: 9780253346988
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"