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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend


<p>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.</p> <p>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.<br> 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.&nbsp; “If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”)</p> <p>Rewriting our history of baseball’s integration with Paige in the starring role and separating truth from legend, <b>Satchel</b> is a story as large as this larger-than-life man.<br> &nbsp;</p>

Author(s): Larry Tye  

ISBN 10: 0812977971
ISBN 13: 9780812977974
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Publication: May 2010
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