Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Audiobook (Free)

In the height of the fantastic Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he desired a reason to have hope. Traveling from plantation to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them an opportunity at a better life: a free college education if indeed they would arrive play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their worries of leaving home and the sacrifices confronted by their own families, the women followed Babb and his wish. He formed the Cardinals into a formidable group, and something incredible began to happen: with enthusiasm for the activity and heartfelt devotion one to the other and their trainer, they won every video game. For writer Lydia Reeder, this is a family tale: coach Sam Babb is her great-uncle. When her grandmother handed her a put on, yellowed folder that contained newspaper articles, letters, and photos of Sam as well as the Cardinals, she said, You might want to inform their story someday. Right now, with extensive study and the gathered memories from the making it through Cardinals, she’s.’