Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

by Sturm, James
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ISBN: 9781368042895
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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.

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

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Sturm, James
  • ISBN: 9781368042895
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.80 x 0.30
  • Number Of Pages: 96
  • Publication Year: 2019

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