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Satchel Paige : striking out Jim Crow

Sturm, James, 1965- author, illustrator, Tommaso, Rich, author, illustrator, Early, Gerald Lyn, writer of introduction, Center for Cartoon Studies, sponsor

2019

Overview

\"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.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group
• Subject: Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 Comic books, strips, etc. / Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 Fiction. / Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982. / African American baseball players Comic books, strips, etc. / Discrimination in sports Comic books, strips, etc. / Discrimination in sports. / United States Race relations 20th century Comic books, strips, etc.
• ISBN: 1368022324, 9781368022323

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PZ7.7.S84 SAT 2019	1	CHILDBOOK	CHILDREN