Description
Offers a rare glimpse into American Indian life and into the world of women’s basketball before ‘girls’ rules’ temporarily shackled the sport. For anyone captivated by accounts of unlikely champions, this book rates as nothing but net. Most fans of women’s basketball would be startled to learn that girls’ teams were making their mark more than a century ago – and that none was more prominent than a team from an isolated Indian boarding school in Montana. Playing like « »lambent flames » » across the polished floors of dance halls, armories, and gymnasiums, the girls from Fort Shaw stormed the state to emerge as Montana’s first basketball champions. Taking their game to the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, these young women introduced an international audience to the fledgling game and returned home with a trophy declaring them champions.
World champions. And yet their triumphs were forgotten – until Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith chanced upon a team photo and embarked on a ten-year journey of discovery. Their in-depth research and extensive collaboration with the teammates’ descendents and tribal kin have resulted in a narrative as entertaining as it is authentic.
Full-Court Quest offers a rare glimpse into American Indian life and into the world of women’s basketball before « »girls’ rules » » temporarily shackled the sport. For anyone captivated by Sea Biscuit, A League of Their Own, and other accounts of unlikely champions, this book rates as nothing but net.
- Langue
- en
- Version
- Couverture rigide
- Date de sortie initiale
- 10 novembre 2008
- Nombre de pages
- 479
- Illustrations
- Non
Personnes impliquées
- Auteur principal
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Linda Peavy
- Deuxième auteur
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Ursula Smith
- Coauteur
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Ursula Smith
- Editeur principal
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University Of Oklahoma Press
Informations sur le fabricant
- Nom du fabricant
- Libri GmbH
- Adresse électronique du fabricant
- gpsr@libri.de
- Informations sur le fabricant
- Les informations du fabricant ne sont actuellement pas disponibles
Autres spécifications
- Hauteur de l’emballage
- 44 mm
- Hauteur du produit
- 44 mm
- Largeur d’emballage
- 165 mm
- Largeur du produit
- 165 mm
- Livre d‘étude
- Non
- Longueur d’emballage
- 241 mm
- Longueur du produit
- 241 mm
- Poids de l’emballage
- 998 g
- Police de caractères extra large
- Non
EAN
- EAN
- 9780806139739
Sécurité des produits
- Opérateur économique responsable dans l’UE
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