| The Cheerleader | |
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First Edition Hardcover |
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| Author(s) | Ruth Doan MacDougall |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fiction |
| Publisher | Putnam |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | 0966335201 |
| OCLC Number | 39368608 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 21 |
| LC Classification | PS3563.A292 C48 1998 |
The Cheerleader is a 1974 coming of age novel by Ruth Doan MacDougall.
Described on the author's website as:
"Searchingly honest, achingly real, THE CHEERLEADER recalls all the joy, excitement, and pain of crossing the bridge from childhood to young womanhood in the Fabulous Fifties, when sex was still a mystery and goals were clearly defined--perhaps for the last time."[1]
It was first published in 1974 by Putnam and re-released in its 4th printing in 1998 by Frigate Books.
This is the first of five books in the "Snowy Series" ("Snowy: a sequel to The Cheerleader", "Henrietta Snow", "The Husband Bench, or Bev's Book", and "A Born Maniac, or Puddles Progress") following Snowy and "The Gang" as they continue through life.