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Gr. 7-12. In her forward, National Public Radio's commentator Susan Stamberg writes of Didrikson, "As you read her life, you may find her to be more admirable than likeable." She's not kidding. Cayleff's portrayal is as brash as its subject. The author, whose adult biography Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1995), earned a Pulitzer nomination, shows us a gifted, driven, and often lonely woman who polarized the press and wowed the fans as easily as she alienated teammates and competitors. Cayleff also shows the strain of being a celebrity; Zaharias constantly had to create new opportunities for herself, a burden she relieved by training and through the exhilaration of competing in front of an audience. This is a franker depiction of Babe's life than Russell Freedman gave readers in Babe Did rikson Zaharias (1999), with Cayleff acknowledging (without sensationalizing) that Zaharias' relationship with fellow golfer Betty Dodd was a sexual one. Babe's witty, coarse, resourceful, and single-minded personality comes through on every page. Randy Meyer
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A gold medal Olympian, Babe Didrikson, recently rated by ESPN as one of the top ten athletes of the twentieth century, excelled at every sport she tried: running, jumping, javelin throwing, swimming, basketball, tennis, golf, and baseball. Gifted and controversial, Babe's athletic prowess and personality took the country by storm from the 1930s to the 1950s. From Texas tomboy to sports superstar, Babe set the bar for every female athlete who would follow her and opened the world's eyes to what one dedicated woman can achieve. Author Susan E. Cayleff, whose adult biography of Babe Didrikson was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, now brings the rousing true-life story of Babe to today's young women.

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On a sultry July afternoon in 1932, Babe Didrikson, glistening with sweat, grass stains on her satin shorts, sprinted across the low-cropped grass to where the judges awaited her. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Employer's Casualty, Babe Didrikson, Los Angeles, Port Arthur, United States, Betty Dodd, Doucette Street, George Zaharias, Associated Press, Beaumont High, Tiny Scurlock, Mildred Ella, Mine Babe, New York Times, Texas Women's Open, Babe Ruth, East Texas, Grantland Rice, Great Depression, House of David, Patty Berg, Royal Purple, John Sealy Hospital, Norwegian Americans, University of Texas Medical Branch New!
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