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Dust Bowl Girls

Author : Lydia Reeder
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616206535
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Dust Bowl Girls written by Lydia Reeder and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 310 pages. 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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Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 1669392309
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book Summary of Lydia Reeder's Dust Bowl Girls written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-26T22:59:00Z with total page 41 pages. 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

Author : Lydia Reeder
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN 13 : 9781410496720
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Dust Bowl Girls written by Lydia Reeder and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. 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

Author : Norma Welty
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781475931495
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Dirty Days written by Norma Welty and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 236 pages. 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

Author : Natasha Deen
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
ISBN 13 : 9781666340778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Girls Survive written by Natasha Deen and published by Stone Arch Books. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. 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.

Chloe May

Author : Grace Lundmark
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1604621397
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Chloe May written by Grace Lundmark and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe May - daughter of the Dust Bowl is based on the true story of the author's mother, Chloe May, and her family's frequent moves in, around, and out of the Oklahoma Panhandle of the 1920s and 1930s.

The Dust Bowl

Author : Dayton Duncan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452107947
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Dust Bowl written by Dayton Duncan and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."

The Dust Bowl to WWII

Author : Captain Bob Norris
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 149904674X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Dust Bowl to WWII written by Captain Bob Norris and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans, who sacrificed everything, including their sons and daughters, in an effort to save the world from Germany and Japan during World War II, will forever be known as the Greatest Generation. In this historical novel by veteran Captain Bob Norris, Robert Elliot emerges as an iconic representative of the generation that helped the United States win the war and begin an unrivaled period of prosperity. Fleeing the environmental and economic devastation of the Dust Bowl; Elliot's family moves to the Alaskan frontier to carve out a new life as homesteaders. As a young man, he discovers his two loves: flying airplanes and his eventual bride, Dee. Everything changes for Elliot and for America, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. As a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps, he engages the enemy; shooting down Japanese planes when his plane is shot down near Borneo, Elliot begins his greatest battle, the fight to survive captivity and return home to Dee. He only thought life in the Dust Bowl and Alaskan frontier were challenging. Being a prisoner of war and his escape is a trial unlike any other. An interesting and historically accurate account of life in the United States before and during WWII from the perspective of a kid growing up in the dust bowl to air combat in the Pacific. The young man then transitions to a fledgling airline business, while offering us a glimpse of what our parents endured in America when they were young. You feel like you were actually there during those earlier, difficult years! Well Done!

The Kids' Book Club Book

Author : Judy Gelman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781585425594
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Kids' Book Club Book written by Judy Gelman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete guide-for use by adults and children-to creating fun and educational book clubs for kids. As authors of The Book Club Cookbook, the classic guide to integrating great food and food-related discussion into book club gatherings, Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp hear a common refrain from parents, librarians, teachers, community leaders and kids themselves: "How about writing a book for kids' book clubs?" Indeed, in recent years youth organizations, parents, libraries, schools, and our local, state, and federal governments have launched thousands of book clubs for children as a way to counter falling literacy rates and foster a love of reading. Based on surveys representing five hundred youth book clubs across the country and interviews with parents, kids, educators, and librarians, The Kids' Book Club Book features: _- the top fifty favorite book club reads for children ages eight to eighteen; _- ideas and advice on forming great kids' book clubs-and tips for kids who want to start their own book clubs; _- recipes, activities, and insights from such bestselling children's book authors as Christopher Paolini, Lois Lowry, Jerry Spinelli, Nancy Farmer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Andrew Clements, Laurie Halse Anderson, Norton Juster, and many others. From recipes for the Dump Punch and egg salad sandwiches included in Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie to instructionson how to make soap carvings like the ones left in the knot-hole of a tree in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, this book provides a bounty of ideas for making every kids' book club a success.

Girls Make Media

Author : Mary Celeste Kearney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135474796
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Girls Make Media written by Mary Celeste Kearney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U.S. history, and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currently possible--magazines, films, musical recordings, and websites. Girls Make Media explores how young female media producers have reclaimed and reconfigured girlhood as a site for radical social, cultural, and political agency. Central to the book is an analysis of Riot Grrrl--a 1990s feminist youth movement from a fusion of punk rock and gender theory-and the girl power movement it inspired. The author also looks at the rise of girls-only media education programs, and the creation of girls' studies. This book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary female youth in today's media culture.

The Dust Bowl #1

Author : Michelle Jabès Corpora
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593225260
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Dust Bowl #1 written by Michelle Jabès Corpora and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the 1930s Oklahoma, this American Horse Tale is the story of a young girl who makes the difficult decision to leave her family and move to California so she can stay with her horse. A young girl named Ginny and her family are dealing with the hardships of the Great Depression, and in order to survive, her dad decides they must sell their horse, and Ginny's best friend, Thimble. But Ginny will do anything in order to find a way for them to stay together, and chooses to leave her family in Oklahoma and travel west to California. The Dust Bowl is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.

The Dust Bowl Orphans: A Completely Heartbreaking and Unputdownable Historical Novel

Author : Suzette D. Harrison
Publisher : Bookouture
ISBN 13 : 9781803140803
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Dust Bowl Orphans: A Completely Heartbreaking and Unputdownable Historical Novel written by Suzette D. Harrison and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dust cloud rolls in from nowhere, stinging our eyes and muddling our senses. I reach for my baby sister and pull her small body close to me. When the sky clears, we are alone on an empty road with no clue which way to go... Oklahoma, 1935. Fifteen-year-old Faith Wilson takes her little sister Hope's hand. In worn-down shoes, they walk through the choking heat of the Dust Bowl towards a new life in California. But when a storm blows in, the girls are separated from their parents. How will they survive in a place where just the color of their skin puts them in terrible danger? Starving and forced to sleep on the streets, Faith thinks a room in a small boarding house will keep her sister safe. But the glare in the landlady's eye as Faith leaves in search of their parents has her wondering if she's made a dangerous mistake. Who is this woman, and what does she want with sweet little Hope? Trapped, will the sisters ever find their way back to their family? California, present day. Reeling from her divorce and grieving the child she lost, Zoe Edwards feels completely alone in the world. Throwing herself into work cataloguing old photos for an exhibition, she sees an image of a teenage girl who looks exactly like her, and a shiver grips her. Could this girl be a long-lost relation, someone to finally explain the holes in Zoe's family history? Diving into the secrets in her past, Zoe unravels this young girl's heartbreaking story of bravery and sacrifice. But will anything prepare her for the truth about who she is...? A devastating, completely captivating story of family torn apart, fighting to be reunited. Fans of Orphan Train, Before We Were Yours and Where the Crawdads Sing will never forget this powerful story of survival. Readers love Suzette D. Harrison: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My, My, My and Wow, just Wow!!... What an excellent and amazing story!... From the first word until the last, I was so enthralled and riveted... Whew!!... Hallelujah!! This is an awesome book!! A definite must-read!!" Geri's Things ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "If I could increase the ratings on this I would... I was literally blown away by this story... I can't see anything surpassing this. I need more books like this." Read Along with Sue ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wow, I can't possibly do this book justice in a review, I'm not going to even try-read it, it's AMAZING!... A fantastic five stars from me!" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I loved it so much... By the end of the book I was crying because of how great this story was. This story touched my heart so much." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I didn't want it to end, and when it did, I found myself smiling through the tears. This book will stay with me for a very long time." Sibbzreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "For the first time, I am left speechless after reading a book. Speechless because the narrative just grabbed me by my core... I laughed, but mostly cried... Five stars." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I was completely blown away by this beautiful story... I felt so many emotions... I laughed, cried, got angry, forgave, loved and so many more... Will stay with me forever." Book Reviews For U

Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band

Author : Jeannie Gayle Pool
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461737346
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band written by Jeannie Gayle Pool and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band, Jeannie Gayle Pool profiles the fascinating life of this multi-talented saxophone player, arranger, bandleader, and advocate for women instrumental musicians. Based on oral history interviews and Gilbert's collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia, this book includes many materials not previously available on all-women bands from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

The Girl in the Swing

Author : Heath Fogelman with Linda Ailshie
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 145208081X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Girl in the Swing written by Heath Fogelman with Linda Ailshie and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-05-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Girl in the Swing is a true story of the power of dreams and the perseverance it takes to realize them. Born into the depths of the Dust Bowl, Mozelle was a miracle baby who seemed more like a curse to her overburdened father—for the man who struggled daily against the killing sands, one more mouth to feed was one too many. But from that humble and inauspicious beginning came a girl who could dream beyond the horizon of her desolate world. Hunger, poverty, drought, dust storms and tornadoes would slash across childhood. The greatest loss imaginable would propel her into adulthood. But nothing would ever obscure her vision of an Eden all her own, and nothing would deny her a love that was Heaven-sent.

Letters from the Dust Bowl

Author : Caroline Henderson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806135403
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Letters from the Dust Bowl written by Caroline Henderson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of letters and articles written by Caroline Henderson between 1908 and 1966 which provide insight into her life in the Great Plains, featuring both published materials and private correspondence. Includes a biographical profile, chapter introductions, and annotations.

Native Hoops

Author : Wade Davies
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700629092
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Native Hoops written by Wade Davies and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent Navajo educator once told historian Peter Iverson that “the five major sports on the Navajo Nation are basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball, and rodeo.” The Native American passion for basketball extends far beyond the Navajo, whether on reservations or in cities, among the young and the old. Why basketball—a relatively new sport—should hold such a place in Native culture is the question Wade Davies takes up in Native Hoops. Indian basketball was born of hard times and hard places, its evolution traceable back to the boarding schools—or “Indian schools”—of the early twentieth century. Davies describes the ways in which the sport, plied as a tool of social control and cultural integration, was adopted and transformed by Native students for their own purposes, ultimately becoming the “Rez ball” that embodies Native American experience, identity, and community. Native Hoops travels the continent, from Alaska to North Carolina, tying the rise of basketball—and Native sports history—to sweeping educational, economic, social, and demographic trends through the course of the twentieth century. Along the way, the book highlights the toils and triumphs of well-known athletes, like Jim Thorpe and the 1904 Fort Shaw girl’s team, even as it brings to light the remarkable accomplishments of those whom history has, until now, left behind. The first comprehensive history of American Indian basketball, Native Hoops tells a story of hope, achievement, and celebration—a story that reveals the redemptive power of sport and the transcendent spirit of Native culture.

The Depression Thematic Unit

Author : Sarah K. Clark
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
ISBN 13 : 1576903648
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book The Depression Thematic Unit written by Sarah K. Clark and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1999 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: