Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim CrowBaseball 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 04/23/2019
ISBN: 9781368042895
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.50w x 0.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 119754 / Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1