02641cam a2200337 4500 530153148 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781681681993 1681681994 0d64872b-1b3b-431d-99ac-ff59eaf2746a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3116358 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Reeder, Lydia. Dust Bowl Girls [Libby Audiobook] : The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory. HighBridge, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 232MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 232MB. 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.". Sports & Recreations. Women's Studies. Nonfiction. Sociology. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Wolf, Virginia. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/3116358-DustBowlGirls.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0d64872b-1b3b-431d-99ac-ff59eaf2746a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/3116358-DustBowlGirls.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0d64872b-1b3b-431d-99ac-ff59eaf2746a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)