Girl Wonder : A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

This book was inspired by the life of baseball pioneer Alta Weiss, born Feb. 9, 1890, in Ragersville, Ohio. In 1907, at age 17, she pitched for a semipro all-male team, the Vermilion Independents. The next season her father became a co-owner, & the team was renamed the Weiss All-Stars. Alta went on to become a doctor; she died in 1964. The book tells the story of her baseball days in the first person, accompanied by colorful & amusing illustrations. It also includes a chronology of highlights of women in baseball.Hopkinson, Deborah is the author of 'Girl Wonder : A Baseball Story in Nine Innings', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756778019 and ISBN 0756778018.