Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

James Sturm (Author)
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755
Product Type: Hardcover Books
Age Groups: Ages 10 to 12, Ages 13 to 15
Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905? - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. ... (see details)

Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905? - 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.

In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.

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SKU 755
ISBN 9780786839001
Language English
Product Type Hardcover Books
Primary Contributor James Sturm
Age Groups Ages 10 to 12, Ages 13 to 15
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group