Babe The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

"We've 'known' about Babe for a long time, but in fact her biography, 'This Life I've Led', as well as the 1975 film, 'Babe', certainly don't mention the l-word, and in both accounts, Babe's intimate relationship with Betty Dodd is discounted. This insightful biography...sets to correct this omission by providing insights from interviews with Dodd and by making her more central to Babe's life... Cayleff has worked to find what is legend and what is life, in a life that took on mythic proportions. But what is most interesting is how Cayleff keeps a feminist and gender-tuned eye on the social and economic times in which Babe lived and offers a context for Babe's physical and gender expression during the 30s, 40s, and 50s, both within the sports world and within a larger cultural setting."Cayleff, Susan E. is the author of 'Babe The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias', published 1996 under ISBN 9780252065934 and ISBN 025206593X.