Babe : the life and legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias /

Looks at the life of the professional golfer, the public persona she created, her life as she lived it, and her lesbianism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cayleff, Susan E., 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1996.
Edition:Illini books edition.
Series:Women in American history.
Sport and society.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Texas tomboy: not nobody's ordinary girl
  • One golden cyclone: the rise to prominence
  • A sportswriter's dream: beautiful sports, manly sports, and muscle molls
  • Trials, triumphs, and sideshow trickery
  • Painful transitions: from amateur amazon to professional lady golfer
  • Romance
  • Dominating the fairways and the greens
  • Cashing in
  • Mates
  • "I'm not out of the rough yet!"
  • Legacy.