Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
by Cayleff, Susan E
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 025206593X
- ISBN 13
- 9780252065934
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Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 327 pages, b&w photos. An extraordinarily gifted athlete, Babe Didrikson Zaharias starred in track and field and won three Olympic medals in 1932. She picked up golf late yet quickly dominated the women's sport. She also competed in baseball, bowling, basketball, and tennis. Interviews with members of Babe's family, peers, and others inform Susan E. Cayleff’s story of the athlete and the difficulties she faced as a woman trying to be her own person. The American public was smitten with Babe’s wit, frankness, and "unladylike" bravado. But members of the press insinuated that her femininity, even her femaleness, were suspect. Cayleff looks at how Babe used her androgyny and athleticism to promote herself before crafting a more marketable female persona for golf. She also explores Babe’s role as a cofounder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA); her marriage to George Zaharias and their partnership in shaping her career; her romantic relationship with fellow golfer Betty Dodd; and her courageous public fight against cancer. Clean copy. Record # 381306
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- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 381306
- Title
- Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- Author
- Cayleff, Susan E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd pr.
- ISBN 10
- 025206593X
- ISBN 13
- 9780252065934
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana IL
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Sports, Women, , .
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