Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
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Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905? Â– 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades.Â Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction.Â He made a point of writing his own historyâ€¦and then re-writing it.Â A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro Leagueâ€™s hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelistâ€™s eye to Paigeâ€™s story.Â 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.Â

In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.

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