Wonder girl
Subtitle: the magnificent sporting life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
By: Don Van Natta Jr
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780316056991
Subjects: Women athletes; Biography; Women golfers
Other titles: Wondergirl
Description: Describes the exceptional life and times of LPGA founder Babe Didrikson, the Texas woman who achieved All-American status in basketball, won gold medals in track and field in the 1932 Olympics, and became the first woman to play against men in a PGA tournament.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-389) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. I LET ME; title: 1.Poppa's Fables; title: 2.The Only Girl; title: 3.The Big Blue Sugar Bowl; title: 4.The Highest Hedge; title: 5.Letters to Tiny; title: 6.Where She Did Not Belong; title: 7.The Cyclone; title: 8."Iron-Woman"; title: pt. II PLAY; title: 9.All Them Roses; title: 10.That Big Money Talk; title: 11.Miss, Mrs., Mr., or It; title: 12.The Best Interest of the Game; title: 13.Diamond in the Rough; title: 14.The Girl, the Minister, and the Wrestler; title: 15.What Momma Wants; title: 16.Mrs. Z; title: 17.The Highland Fling; title: pt. III AGAIN; title: 18.A Piece of Work; title: 19.The Lady's Tour; title: 20.The Unspeakable; title: 21.The Muscle Is Spiritual; title: 22.Rainbow Manor; title: 23.Greatness and Goodness.