Kammie on first : baseball's Dottie Kamenshek
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Published
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2014].
ISBN
9780821421338
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Non-Fiction | J 796.357092 Kamenshek | On Shelf |
Blue Island Public Library - Juvenile Stacks | JUV BIO KAM | On Shelf |
Franklin Park Library District - Kids Biography | J-B KAMENSHEK | On Shelf |
Homewood Public Library District - Juvenile Stacks | J 796.357 HOU | On Shelf |
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library - Juvenile Stacks | J B KAMENSHEK HOU | On Shelf |
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Published
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 109 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780821421338
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 6.7, 3 Points
Level 6.7, 3 Points
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Dorothy Mary Kamenshek was born to immigrant parents in Norwood, Ohio. As a young girl, she played pickup games of sandlot baseball with neighborhood children; no one, however, would have suspected that at the age of seventeen she would become a star athlete at the national level. The outbreak of World War II and the ensuing draft of able-bodied young men severely depleted the ranks of professional baseball players. In 1943, Phillip K. Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs, led the initiative to establish a new league--a women's league--to fill the ballparks while the war ground on in Europe and the Pacific. Kamenshek was selected and assigned to the Rockford Peaches in their inaugural season and played first base for a total of ten years, becoming a seven-time All-Star and holder of two league batting titles. When injuries finally put an end to her playing days, she went on to a successful and much quieter career in physical therapy. Fame came again in 1992, when Geena Davis portrayed a player loosely based on Kamenshek in the hit movie A League of Their Own"--,Provided by publisher.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,6.7,3,175648.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Houts, M. (2014). Kammie on first: baseball's Dottie Kamenshek . Ohio University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Houts, Michelle. 2014. Kammie On First: Baseball's Dottie Kamenshek. Ohio University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Houts, Michelle. Kammie On First: Baseball's Dottie Kamenshek Ohio University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Houts, Michelle. Kammie On First: Baseball's Dottie Kamenshek Ohio University Press, 2014.
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