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If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (SPORTS & AMERICAN CULTURE)
Donald Spivey
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Description for If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (SPORTS & AMERICAN CULTURE)
Paperback. Explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever--an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Series: Sports and American Culture Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; BGS; HBJK; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
“If You Were Only White” explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever—an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy “Satchel” Paige was arguably one of the world’s greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher.
Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas ... Read more
“If You Were Only White” explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever—an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy “Satchel” Paige was arguably one of the world’s greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher.
Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Series
Sports and American Culture Series
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826220141
SKU
V9780826220141
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About Donald Spivey
Donald Spivey is Professor of History at the University of Miami and the author or editor of five books, including Fire from the Soul: A History of the African-American Struggle. He lives in Palmetto Bay, Florida.
Reviews for If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (SPORTS & AMERICAN CULTURE)
This is an excellent biography of Satchel Paige. Spivey has crafted a book that provides readers with interesting and significant information about one of the most legendary figures in American sport history. Most importantly, Spivey offers a very balanced view of Paige's life, willing to discuss weaknesses as well as strengths, and likes as well as dislikes.—David K. Wiggins, author ... Read more