SATCHEL PAIGE STRIKING OUT JIM CROW
Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1906-1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction. He made a point of writing his own history... and then re-writing it. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League's hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist's eye to Paige's story. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South. In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.
Writers | Sturm James |
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Artiesten | Tommaso Rich |
Taal | Engels |
Release Date | 24-04-2019 |
Streepjescode | 9781368042895 |
Publisher | DISNEY - HYPERION |
Website productcategorie | Graphic Novels |
Keywords | Reality-Based |