{"product_id":"full-court-quest-linda-peavy-9780806139739","title":"Full-Court Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost fans of women's basketball would be startled to learn that girls' teams were making their mark more than a century ago-and that none was more prominent than a team from an isolated Indian boarding school in Montana. Playing like \"lambent flames\" across the polished floors of dance halls, armories, and gymnasiums, the girls from Fort Shaw stormed the state to emerge as Montana's first basketball champions. Taking their game to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, these young women introduced an international audience to the fledgling game and returned home with a trophy declaring them champions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld champions. And yet their triumphs were forgotten-until Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith chanced upon a team photo and embarked on a ten-year journey of discovery. Their in-depth research and extensive collaboration with the teammates' descendents and tribal kin have resulted in a narrative as entertaining as it is authentic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFull-Court Quest\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rare glimpse into American Indian life and into the world of women's basketball before \"girls' rules\" temporarily shackled the sport. For anyone captivated by \u003cem\u003eSea Biscuit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA League of Their Own\u003c\/em\u003e, and other accounts of unlikely champions, this book rates as nothing but net.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806139730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806139739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Montana Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e WILLA Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Spur Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Oklahoma Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 932\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2008 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 61","brand":"Linda Peavy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988274938111,"sku":"9780806139739","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0c4e662-c1eb-46db-bb4e-95b8bb66fa3a.jpg?v=1683293608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/full-court-quest-linda-peavy-9780806139739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}