Dust Bowl Girls

2017-01-24 Sports & Recreation

Author : Lydia Reeder
Release : 2017-01-24
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 535/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Dust Bowl Girls written by Lydia Reeder. This book was released on 2017-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.

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2022-04-26T22:59:00Z Biography & Autobiography

Author : Everest Media,
Release : 2022-04-26T22:59:00Z
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 309/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Summary of Lydia Reeder's Dust Bowl Girls written by Everest Media,. This book was released on 2022-04-26T22:59:00Z. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Cement Lady Bulldogs were a high school basketball team in southwest Oklahoma. They were battling their rival, the Fletcher Lady Wildcats, for the district championship and the right to play in the regional tournament. Doll Harris was a senior forward who made almost half of the field goals she attempted and nearly all of the free throws. #2 When Doll heard someone call her name, she turned to see her coach, Mr. Daily, motioning her over to where he was standing with a broad-shouldered man wearing a black suit and a silk tie. He offered her financial aid to play basketball at Oklahoma Presbyterian College for Girls. #3 Doll knew she could never leave Caddo County. She had grown up surrounded by endless acres of crops, pasture, and wild, open plains. She couldn’t disappoint Mr. Daily, who had arranged for Mr. Babb to watch her play.

Dust Bowl Girls

2017 Basketball coaches

Author : Lydia Reeder
Release : 2017
Genre : Basketball coaches
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Book Rating : 720/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Dust Bowl Girls written by Lydia Reeder. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. "

The Dirty Days

2012-06-30 Fiction

Author : Norma Welty
Release : 2012-06-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 495/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Dirty Days written by Norma Welty. This book was released on 2012-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1933. As a beat-up truck travels down a road away from Arkansas, seven-year-old Molly May Dowden can only hope a better future awaits her parents in Thistleway, Oklahoma.They have no idea of what is about to come. With their money safely tucked away in a mattress, the Dowdens feel hopeful as they pass through Oklahoma City. But their hopes for an improved life disintegrate a hundred miles further west when a dust storm swirls dangerously around their truck. Forced to take shelter inside a dingy cafe with a band of quirky strangers, the Dowdens soon realize that life in Oklahoma may not be as easy as they had hoped. After the family finally settles in their two-room workers shanty, one hardship piles up after another as they battle spider bites, rancid water, strange rashes, loneliness, and death. Left with no choice but to bravely persevere through the never-ending drought and dust, Molly and her family soon discover a fortitude they never knew they had. In this historical tale based on true events, a young girl embarks on a coming-of-age journey where she and her loved ones must nobly fight to survive the Great Depression and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.

Girls Survive

2022 California

Author : Natasha Deen
Release : 2022
Genre : California
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 778/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Girls Survive written by Natasha Deen. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.

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