Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Carolyn M. Trombe
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Book Reviews of Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Book Review: Love those research details and nuggets!
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading "Dottie Wiltse Collins" was an enlightening experience for me and I read it straight through, without stopping, because of the author's flowing style and the ease with which she blends narrative and research with quoted dialogue and newspaper articles.
The genesis, evolution, and responses to "A League of Their Own" particularly intrigued me, as I come from a background of film. The irony of "Million Dollar Baby" and Ronald Reagan was an insight I learned from the book, as was "Girls Can Play," the murder mystery movie with Rita Hayworth.
I relished learning about the involvement of Max Carey, a favorite of mine, with the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. So much of this book taught me about the AAGPBL.
As a teacher of the deaf, I was also impressed by Trombe's research when I discovered that Helen Keller visited the Payne Furnace Company, where Dottie worked after high school.
I found such delight in the solid telling of this vital story that I sent of copy of the book to a local AAGPBL former player. Bravo to Ms. Trombe for an exciting, well-documented, historically accurate book. Encore!
Book Review: Dottie Wiltse Collins biography
Summary: 5 Stars
Carolyn Trombe's biography of Collins begins to fill a much-needed gap in baseball history. While much of the AAGPBL story overall has been told in histories and on film, the individual players' stories have been neglected. Her fine biography of Collins opens the way for other baseball historians and authors to follow with individual histories of other women who played hardball for the AAGPBL in the 1940s and early 50s. Bravo, Carolyn Trombe!Book Review: Valuable Research Source
Summary: 5 Stars
As a US History teacher, I annually assign projects to my students for research. One topic chosen this year was the AAGBL- not only for the historical signficance of it at that time, but also for its impact on history in general. Trombe's book on Dottie Collins proved to be an integral source for my student's research as it was an engaging book on Collin's career. Not only did my student gain the facts of the women's league, but due to Trombe's style of writing, she was allowed to feel the emotions and attitudes of these amazing ladies in that time period. Once reading the book myself, I found it to be historically accurate plus a fun read- showing a piece of history that is often overlooked by the history books. Anyone interested in baseball history, in women's history or the history of the time period (1940s-1950s) will find this book a real treasure and a fine tribute to the women of the AAGBL. Book Review: Unexpected pleasure...
Summary: 4 Stars
Dottie Collins' life is an unexpected "coming of age" story that should interest a wide range of readers. Certainly the hard-core baseball fan looking for more history of the game; but also the casual fan wanting to explore the era and the cities Collins touched, as well as parents and teenagers interested in the father-daughter relationship that help forge Collins' career. An easy read, with focus on what was going on around this young pitching star as well as some fascinating new baseball/softball anecdotes. (I am the author of The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball).Book Review: A Title to be Treasured
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the All-American Girls Baseball League's (AAGBBL) most effective long term pitcher's biography is aptly reported by Carolyn Trombe's "Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League." The reader acquires not only the details of Dottie Collins' life, but details of the times in which she lived and the leagues for which she played as well. Details of Dottie's game performances, the managers she played for, and the players she played with are a plus for those who are searching for inside knowledge of the AAGBBL as it existed between 1943-1954. Trombe's account of Collins' role in establishing the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players' Association (AAGPBL), and Collins' passion for preserving the league's legacy reveals little known aspects of the history of the AAGPBL as it's known today. Trombe's account of Dottie Collins' life and baseball career is clearly presented and peppered with foreshadowing to keep the reader involved with what's coming next. Those who love baseball and want to know more about the AAGBBL/AAGPBL will treasure Trombe's book. --Merrie Fidler, AAGPBL Associate Member, SABR Member, author of "The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League" due to be published in Spring/Summer 2006.
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