![]() sortTitle Dust Bowl Girls The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory lexileScore 1120 crossRefId 2577682 subtitle The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory publisher Algonquin Books atos 7. 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.ĭespite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices that their families would face, the women. Like so many others, this charismatic Midwestern basketball coach wanted a reason to have hope. In the early 1930s, during the worst drought and financial depression in American history, Sam Babb began to dream. 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. The Boys in the Boat meets A League of Their Own in this true story of a Depression-era championship women’s team. Reeder takes us deep into the history and personality of many of the players and people connected with the school’s female basketball team. ![]() The book almost reads like a novel, as Ms. 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 Author Lydia Reeder tells the story of the Oklahoma Presbyterian College Cardinals and their magical year in 1932. ![]() MediaType eBook shortDescription “A thrilling, cinematic story. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages ![]()
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