Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
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In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.
Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction. He made a point of writing his own history...and then re-writing it. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League's hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist's eye to Paige's story. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South.
| SKU | 145229 |
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| ISBN | 9781368042895 |
| Language | English |
| Lexile ® Measure | GN760L |
| Guided Reading Level | X |
| Page Count | 96 |
| Product Type | Paperback Books |
| Book Type | Graphic Novels & Comics |
| Additional Contributor | Rich Tommaso |
| Primary Contributor | James Sturm |
| Age Groups | Ages 10 to 12, Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |