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Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige
chapter • 96 Pages
Satchel Paige
Series
Graphic Nov.
Book #1

Satchel Paige

Written by James Sturm & illustrated by Rich Tommaso
10 - 11
Reading age
96
Page count
63
Words per page
Dec 18, 2007
Publication date
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.80

Summary

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 historyand 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.

The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents Series

1 book
chapter • 96 Pages
Satchel Paige
Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$16.99$15.80
YearTitlePages
2007Satchel Paige96

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