If You Were Only White - The Life of Leroy ''satchel'' Paige

Informationen zum Autor Donald Spivey is Professor of History at the University of Miami and the author or editor of five books, including Fire from the Soul: A History of the African-American Struggle. He lives in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Klappentext Explores the legacy of 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.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.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Spivey
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2013
• EAN: 9780826220141
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2014-1
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Sports & American Culture; Sports and American Culture Series; Sports and American Culture; Sports and American Culture Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous