{"product_id":"research-notes-for-women-at-play-the-story-of-women-in-baseball-maud-nelson-the-philadelphia-bobbies-leona-kearns-margaret-gisolo-nellie-kearns-paperback","title":"Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball: Maud Nelson, The Philadelphia Bobbies, Leona Kearns, Margaret Gisolo, Nellie Kearns - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Gregorich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eResearch Notes for Women at Play, Volume 3\u003c\/i\u003e is the final volume in Barbara Gregorich's \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes\u003c\/i\u003e series - a collection of newspaper articles, interviews, and public records that served as the raw materials from which she wrote her award-winning book, \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e (Harcourt 1993). Volume 3 covers the 1920s and 1930s, concluding the story of Maud Nelson, the most important figure in the early history of women in baseball. It also contains the story of the Philadelphia Bobbies, Eddie Ainsmith, and Leona Kearns - and their disastrous trip to Japan to play against men's teams in 1925. This resulted in the abandonment of three players and the death at sea of one of them.Contrasted to the tragedy of that story, Volume 3 also contains the exciting story of Margaret Gisolo, who helped lead her 1928 American Legion Junior Baseball team to the state championship. Margaret later played for Maud Nelson's All-Star Ranger Girls. Margaret's diaries of 1933 and 1934 are included. The book concludes with Nellie Kearns, Leona's younger sister who, along with Margaret, played for the All-Star Ranger Girls.A reader going through this volume from beginning to end may feel she\/he is reading a novel. Or deciding a court case. Or perhaps reconstruction a \"what really happened\" crime scene. Volume 3 is a climactic conclusion to the \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes for Women at Play\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Gregorich's baseball writing started with the well-received novel \u003ci\u003eShe's on First.\u003c\/i\u003e This story of the first female major leaguer was praised by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e which wrote that \"all baseball fans will appreciate Gregorich's sure feel for the game . . . the baseball scenes are crackerjack, and readers should end up wondering, 'Why not?'\" After writing the fictional version of women in baseball, Gregorich began the long job of researching the true story of women who played hardball. The result of that research was \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, \u003c\/i\u003e published by Harcourt, 1993. \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play\u003c\/i\u003e won the SABR-Macmillan Award for Best Baseball Research of the Year. In 2013 \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play\u003c\/i\u003e was included in Ron Kaplan's \u003ci\u003e501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die.\u003c\/i\u003e The work that went into researching women who played baseball (from 1875 onward) was intense, and the accumulated articles filled several file boxes. In 2010 Gregorich published \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, Volume I, \u003c\/i\u003e offering the most important of the newspaper articles she had found - some in their entirety and some in summary. Volume II followed in 2013 and Volume III in 2015, concluding the \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes\u003c\/i\u003e series. In addition to writing about baseball, Gregorich has written the mystery novels \u003ci\u003eDirty Proof\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSound Proof.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also written the well-received \u003ci\u003eGuide to Writing the Mystery Novel: Lots of Examples, Plus Dead Bodies.\u003c\/i\u003e \u2028Gregorich studied at Kent State University, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard. She worked as an English instructor, a typesetter and a letter carrier. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Phil Passen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51803750531360,"sku":"9781517697150","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5168dff0627a2cc4c3ed827635c612c2.webp?v=1780888938","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/research-notes-for-women-at-play-the-story-of-women-in-baseball-maud-nelson-the-philadelphia-bobbies-leona-kearns-margaret-gisolo-nellie-kearns-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}