Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History (also known as Chuck Taylor, All Star) is a book by Abraham Aamidor, chronicling the artistic achievements and history of basketball player and salesman Chuck Taylor and Chuck Taylor All-Stars. This book was published by Indiana University Press, and released around March 2006.
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“This is the only “wet” community in a wide area, and is the rendezvous of cow hands seeking to break the monotony of chuck wagon food and range life. Friday night is the “big time” for local cowboys, and consequently the calaboose is called the “Friday night jail.””
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The star is the ultimate American verification of Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Emile. His mere existence proves the perfectability of any man or woman. Oh wonderful pliability of human nature, in a society where anyone can become a celebrity! And where any celebrity ... may become a star!”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)