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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory
Contributor(s): Reeder, Lydia (Author)

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 ISBN: 1410496724     ISBN-13: 9781410496720
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
OUR PRICE: $35.69  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Sports & Recreation | History
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: 796.323
LCCN: 2016055486
Lexile Measure: 1120(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.25 lbs) 475 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Large Print
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 186907
Reading Level: 7.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 15.0
 
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Publisher Description:
At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals.

Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices faced by their families, the women followed Babb and his dream. He shaped the Cardinals into a formidable team, and something extraordinary began to happen: with passion for the sport and heartfelt loyalty to one another and their coach, they won every game.

For author Lydia Reeder, this is a family story: coach Sam Babb is her great-uncle. When her grandmother handed her a worn, yellowed folder that contained newspaper articles, letters, and photographs of Sam and the Cardinals, she said, You might want to tell their story someday. Now, with extensive research and the gathered memories of the surviving Cardinals, she has.

Combining exhilarating sports writing and exceptional storytelling, Dust Bowl Girls conveys the intensity of an improbable journey to an epic showdown with the prevailing national champions, led by the legendary Babe Didrikson. It captures a moment in American sports history when a visionary coach helped his young athletes achieve more than a winning season.

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