Dust Bowl girls the inspiring story of the team that barnstormed its way to basketball glory
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 be...
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- New recruit
- The making of a coach
- The field house, 4 a.m
- A good shot maker believes in herself
- Choctaw town
- A man's sport
- Weak ankles and weaker nerves
- Barnstorm
- End game
- Babe Didrikson and the Golden Cyclones
- Guts and glory
- Next stop, Shreveport
- Brains, beauty, and ball handling
- A team that won't be beat can't be beat
- A hometown welcome.
