Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Name: Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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ISBN: 9780316067492

ISBN-10: 0316067490

ISBN-13: 9780316067492

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Authors: Don Van Natta

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This is the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete.Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics.Then Babe attempted to conquer golf.One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. At the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all: go public and try to win again with the hope of inspiring the world.A rollicking saga, stretching across the first half of the…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 5/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Don Van Natta is an investigative correspondent for theNew York Times. He has been a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams, and is the author ofFirst off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers and Cheaters from Taft to Bush and Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton .



Prologue: Matinee at the Palace



Let Me



Poppa's Fables



The Only Girl



The Big Blue Sugar Bowl



The Highest Hedge



Letters to Tiny



Where She Did Not Belong



The Cyclone



"Iron-Woman"



Play



All Them Roses



That Big Money Talk



Miss, Mrs., Mr., or It



The Best Interest of the Game



Diamond in the Rough



The Girl, the Minister, and the Wrestler



What Momma Wants



Mrs. Z



The Highland Fling



Again



A Piece of Work



The Lady's Tour



The Unspeakable



The Muscle Is Spiritual



Rainbow Manor



Greatness and Goodness


Epilogue: Museum for One


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index