88 Straight
Published on 1. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-952397-38-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this engaging young adult novel, Elizabeth "Woodsie" Pound, a tough, dedicated, basketball guard of Chickasaw heritage, tells a story of trials, triumph, and tragedy. Based on the true account of a small, but record-setting Oklahoma women's college team, 88 Straight follows Woodsie from her instant passion for basketball through the confusions and anxieties of a young and dedicated life, family tensions and tragedies, and the discovery of her Chickasaw heritage.
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Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-952397-38-7 (9781952397387)
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Person
Stanley Nelson is senior staff writer for Chickasaw Press and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He joined the Chickasaw Press staff in 2010, after spending thirty years as a manager, editor, and columnist for newspapers and other media-related enterprises in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Arkansas. He is the author of Toli: Chickasaw Stickball Then and Now, published by Chickasaw Press in 2016, and A Chickasaw Historical Atlas, published in 2018. His work has appeared in The Journal of Chickasaw History and Culture and Chokma: Chickasaw Magazine, and he has contributed text for a number of other Chickasaw Press titles. He studied journalism at Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and the University of Oklahoma in Norman.