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"If you were only white" : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Title
"If you were only white" : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / Donald Spivey.
Author
Spivey, Donald
Publication
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2012]
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Description
xxv, 347 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"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 City in 1982, detailing the challenges Paige faced battling the color line in America and recounting his tests and triumphs in baseball. He also opens up Paige's private life during and after his playing days, introducing readers to the man who extended his social, cultural, and political reach beyond the limitations associated with his humble background and upbringing."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Sports and American culture series
Uniform Title
Sports and American culture series.
Alternative Title
Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
Contents
Warm-ups : a prelude -- Without a Satchel -- On the mount -- "If you were only white" -- Turning the Paige -- Blackballing the Great Depression -- How the West was won -- Baseball diplomacy -- The fugitive -- Lazarus -- Double V -- Integration -- Center stage in the white arena -- Ninth inning -- Extra innings.
Call Number
Sc E 19-91
ISBN
  • 9780826219787
  • 0826219780
LCCN
2014397121
OCLC
767565928
Author
Spivey, Donald, author.
Title
"If you were only white" : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / Donald Spivey.
Publisher
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2012]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Sports and American culture series
Sports and American culture series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 19-91
JFE 14-5537
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