Enter for a Chance to Win Dust Bowl Girls
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re offering you a chance to win a copy of Lydia Reeder’s new book, 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 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.
Please fill out this form to enter for a chance to win a copy of Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder. Entries must be received by 12pm Eastern, Monday, March 20, 2017. One entry per person only. The winners will be chosen at random. Residents of the United States only, please.
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Had my eye on this iconic story for a while now.
I have been wanting to read this title since I saw the first advertisement for it……
I discovered this book in my local library after reading a review in THE WEEK magazine. I found it to be a lovely, endearing, and entrancing book to read not only about the girls experiences in winning a basketball championship but also in reading about the struggles they endured during the height of the depression. Thanks to programs like Title IX, women’s athletics have come a long way, but you would have to pay homage to these dust bowl girls for their help in the beginning of the movement.
Congratulations to author Lydia Reeder for a book well done and enjoyable to read.
Thank you.