- Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 347 p.) : ill.
- 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."--Dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- Sports and American culture series
- Uniform Title
- "If you were only white" (Online)
- Alternative Title
- "If you were only white" (Online)
- Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2014397121
- OCLC
- ssj0000743310
- Author
Spivey, Donald.
- Title
"If you were only white" [electronic resource] : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / Donald Spivey.
- Imprint
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2012.
- Series
Sports and American culture series
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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