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Dust Bowl Girls : The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory by Lydia Reeder (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101616204664
ISBN-139781616204662
eBay Product ID (ePID)219423167
Product Key Features
Book TitleDust Bowl Girls : the Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicGeneral, Women's Studies, Basketball, History
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorLydia Reeder
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-016234
Reviews"Lydia Reeder has crafted a thrilling, cinematic story that seems destined for the big screen (please cast Saoirse Ronan as Doll Harris!). I loved every minute I spent with the bold, daring women of the Cardinals basketball team, whose remarkable journey to victory is the stuff of American legend." --Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy "Long before the influence of Title IX, a small college in Oklahoma, under the direction of a volunteer coach, was actively involved in recruiting women athletes. Based on extensive research and told with the talented storytelling ability of the author , Dust Bowl Girls is an important and enjoyable story." --Virginia Peters, Ph.D., Former Coach of Women's Basketball and Director of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma " Dust Bowl Girls reads like something pulled from the imagination of a Hollywood dreamer. However, it is a true story of a group of Oklahoma Dust Bowl farm girls melded together by a one-legged coach into the finest basketball team of the Depression era. This epic sports story is the stuff of which legends are made." -- W. Lynne Draper, Former President and CEO of the Jim Thorpe Association and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and recipient of the NFL Players Association National Award of Excellence "Fun. Heartwarming. The story of a little-known but important moment in the history of basketball and women's sports in general." -- Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game "For so long, women have been told they couldn't or shouldn't. In Dust Bowl Girls, Lydia Reeder tells the story of pioneers in women's sport who refused to listen. In a mix of history and sports thriller, Reeder unearths the story a rag tag group of women - some of them teenagers - who took the first steps to proving women could be athletes too. It's an inspiring story." -- Jen A. Miller, author of Running: A Love Story
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal796.32308209766
Synopsis"A thrilling, cinematic story. I loved every minute I spent with these bold, daring women whose remarkable journey is the stuff of American legend." --Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy The Boys in the Boat meets A League of Their Own in this true story of a Depression-era championship women's team. In the early 1930s, during the worst drought and financial depression in American history, Sam Babb began to dream. Like so many others, this charismatic Midwestern basketball coach wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm near the tiny Oklahoma college where he coached, Babb recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for playing on his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices that their families would face, the women joined the team. And as Babb coached the Cardinals, something extraordinary happened. These remarkable athletes found a passion for the game and a heartfelt loyalty to one another and their coach--and they began to win. Combining exhilarating sports writing and exceptional storytelling, Dust Bowl Girls takes readers on the Cardinals' intense, improbable journey all the way to an epic showdown with the prevailing national champions, helmed by the legendary Babe Didrikson. Lydia Reeder captures a moment in history when female athletes faced intense scrutiny from influential figures in politics, education, and medicine who denounced women's sports as unhealthy and unladylike. At a time when a struggling nation was hungry for inspiration, this unlikely group of trailblazers achieved much more than a championship season.
LC Classification NumberGV885.43.O46 2017
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- 29 Sep, 2021
Great story
I just received these and I am giving them as a gift to my daughters and framed picture of their grandmother who played basketball.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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