The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
by Anika Orrock (Author)
This book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own.
"In 1941, the world was at war, and with American men fighting overseas, the much needed pastime of professional baseball was in danger of extinction--until women stepped up to the plate." In this heartwarming illustrated history, the League's story is told by the ones who know it best: the players.
Author Anika Orrock collects a variety of funny, charming, wince-worthy, and powerful vignettes told by the players themselves about their time playing the American pastime. Features stories of grit and perseverance against all odds, told by the players themselves. Filled with player statistics, historical beats, headlines, and more; and fully illustrated in Anika's vibrant style.
A visually engaging, readable women-led history book
Written in an approachable manner and beautifully illustrated, The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is a one-of-a-kind story told through the women's own voices and their own perspectives. This book ultimately proves that the incredible women of the AAGPBL truly were in a league of their own. A unique celebration of a specific moment in women's and sports history. A great read for experienced and new sports fans alike, readers young and old, baseball fans, and anyone looking for an inspiring gift for an aspiring professional sports player.
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"But with all [Orrock's] talents, she figures out a way to piece together vignettes about the league with style and grace to reflect the sense of importance, excitement, competition and fun that was going on by those who were there. What makes this history come alive is Orrock's mid-century retro drawings and colors." -Farther Off the Wall
"Orrock's stories and illustrations are funny, charming, and most importantly, visually engaging, but the best is always in the testimonies, as they go through headlines, rivalries, stats, and important moments of the league's short but memorable trajectory... It's meant to inspire and empower, and it fully delivers."-Fansided
"With energy, sophistication and validation, this proves again there's crying in baseball, if just tears of joy for generations of young girls who have a new entry point to this history now that 28 years have passed since the movie 'A League of Their Own.'"-Sports Business Daily
"The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League details the history of the league and tells the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own. Illustrator and author Anika Orrock collects a variety of charming and powerful (and sometimes cringe-inducing, given the gender barrier these women were forced to overcome) vignettes told by the players themselves about their time participating in America's pastime, along with hard-to-find player statistics, historical beats, and headlines, fully illustrated in Orrock's vibrant style." - Forbes.com
JNF054010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
JNF023000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
United States
20th century
Baseball players
Baseball
Women baseball players
All-American Girls Professional Baseball Leag
Baseball for women
HISTORY / Women
