|
Product Description
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.Through dogged research and extensive interviews, award-winning author and journalist Larry Tye has tracked down the truth about this majestic and enigmatic pitcher. Here is the stirring account of the child born to a poor Alabama washerwoman, the boy who earned his nickname from his enterprising work as a railroad porter, and the young man who took up baseball on the streets and in reform school before becoming the superstar hurler of the Negro Leagues.
In unprecedented detail, Tye reveals how Paige, hurt and angry when Jackie Robinson beat him in breaking the Majors’ color barrier, emerged at the improbable age of forty-two to help propel the Cleveland Indians to the World Series. (“Age is a case of mind over matter,” he said. “If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”)
Rewriting our history of baseball’s integration with Paige in the starring role and separating truth from legend, Satchel is a story as large as this larger-than-life man.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
- Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
- The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
- I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
- The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
- The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
- Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
- Maybe I'll Pitch Forever (Summer Game Books Baseball Classic)
- I Was Right On Time
- Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams
*If this is not the "Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Sep 2, 2024 14:38 +08.