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Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
by Lydia Reeder
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1616204664
- ISBN 13
- 9781616204662
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 2017. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; bumped tail and upper tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($26.95); bumped upper tips; closed tear and wrinkling at tail. Red boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 286 pp 8vo. The is the story of Sam Babb who in the 1930s at Oklahoma Presbyterian College in Durant OK began to recruit young women to play basketball for his Cardinals. With passion and fire, these ladies began to gel and win games all the way to face the prevailing national champions in the AAU tournament. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009130
- Title
- Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
- Author
- Lydia Reeder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1616204664
- ISBN 13
- 9781616204662
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- women's basketball, AAU women's basketball, Oklahoma Presbyterian College at Durant Oklahoma, basketball, OPC Cardinals, AAU National Tournament, women's sports,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
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