Joyce Westerman: Baseball Hero

by Bob Kann and Noelle Crooks

Book Overview

Joyce Westerman grew up on a farm in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. As a kid, she cleaned the barn, picked vegetables, and helped her father cut down trees. But what she really loved to do was play baseball. Joyce played ball at recess and with friends whenever she could. She even joined her aunt's adult softball team when she was only twelve.

As Joyce got older, she went to work at a factory in Kenosha. But when World War II broke out, she...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870204866
• ISBN13: 9780870204869
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7