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Wonder girl : the magnificent sporting life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias / Don Van Natta Jr.

Wondergirl (other title)

Summary:

Describes the exceptional life and times of LPGA founder Babe Didrikson, the Texas woman who achieved All-American status in basketball, won gold medals in track and field in the 1932 Olympics, and became the first woman to play against men in a PGA tournament.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316056991
  • ISBN: 0316056995
  • Physical Description: x, 403 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I LET ME -- 1.Poppa's Fables -- 2.The Only Girl -- 3.The Big Blue Sugar Bowl -- 4.The Highest Hedge -- 5.Letters to Tiny -- 6.Where She Did Not Belong -- 7.The Cyclone -- 8."Iron-Woman" -- pt. II PLAY -- 9.All Them Roses -- 10.That Big Money Talk -- 11.Miss, Mrs., Mr., or It -- 12.The Best Interest of the Game -- 13.Diamond in the Rough -- 14.The Girl, the Minister, and the Wrestler -- 15.What Momma Wants -- 16.Mrs. Z -- 17.The Highland Fling -- pt. III AGAIN -- 18.A Piece of Work -- 19.The Lady's Tour -- 20.The Unspeakable -- 21.The Muscle Is Spiritual -- 22.Rainbow Manor -- 23.Greatness and Goodness.
Subject:
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956.
Women athletes > United States > Biography.
Women golfers > United States > Biography.
Women athletes > Biography.
Women golfers > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library B ZAHARIAS VAN (Text) 33114017122920 Adult Nonfiction Available -