Balls to Fly: Ricky Ellcock - an Autobiography

Ricky Ellcock

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Trinorth Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023

1915237327 / 9781915237323

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With a burgeoning reputation as one of the fastest bowlers in the land, Ellcocks hopes of playing Test cricket for England were cruelly thwarted by injury. Plunged into depression and forced to pursue another career, a childhood interest in aviation was to be his salvation. Ellcock relocated to the USA and qualified as a commercial airline pilot, becoming the first black captain with Virgin Atlantic. Ellcocks autobiography is unsparing and hard-hitting, revealing as it does a lifetime spent overcoming biases, prejudices and racism, not to mention being saved from death by receiving four life-saving brain operations in the space of eight weeks. Balls to Fly charts one mans extraordinary story of determination, endeavour and resilience. The book is a fascinating journey through the ups and downs of Ellcocks singular story, describing how He used to be driven to school by the Prime Minister of Barbados He rapidly went from bowling a cricket ball to his friends to earning a scholarship at one the UKs most prestigious public schools at just 15 years of age The reaction of county team-mates when he turned up to make his first-class cricket debut whilst wearing school uniform The cruellest of luck with injury sabotaged his hopes of playing Test cricket for England The dedication involved in retraining as an airline pilot and the pride in becoming Virgin Atlantics first black captain, as well as being in US airspace just before the 9/11 terrorist attacks How he was saved from death by four brain operations within eight weeks Biases, prejudices and racism, Ellcock is often excoriating and unflinchingly honest. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Título
Balls to Fly: Ricky Ellcock - an Autobiography
Autor
Ricky Ellcock
Editorial
Trinorth Ltd, United Kingdom
Año de publicación
2023
Estado
Very Good
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
1915237327
ISBN 13
9781915237323
Peso del artículo
531 gramos
Dimensiones
156 x 234

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