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

Author
Spivey, Donald
Additional Titles
Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2013.
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
xxv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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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 son -- Baseball diplomacy -- The fugitive -- Lazarus -- Double V -- Integration -- Center stage in the white arena -- Ninth inning -- Extra innings.
Summary
Leroy "Satchel" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Bseball. 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.
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ISBN
0826220142 (pbk.)
9780826220141 (pbk.)
Collection
Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
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