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Satchel
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Author : Larry Tye
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-06-09
Satchel written by Larry Tye and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige “Among the rare biographies of an athlete that transcend sports . . . gives us the man as well as the myth.”—The Boston Globe Few reliable records or news reports survive about players in the Negro Leagues. Through dogged detective work, award-winning author and journalist Larry Tye has tracked down the truth about this majestic and enigmatic pitcher, interviewing more than two hundred Negro Leaguers and Major Leaguers, talking to family and friends who had never told their stories before, and retracing Paige’s steps across the continent. Here is the stirring account of the child born to an Alabama washerwoman with twelve young mouths to feed, the boy who earned the nickname “Satchel” from his enterprising work as a railroad porter, the young man who took up baseball on the streets and in reform school, inventing his trademark hesitation pitch while throwing bricks at rival gang members. Tye shows Paige barnstorming across America and growing into the superstar hurler of the Negro Leagues, a marvel who set records so eye-popping they seemed like misprints, spent as much money as he made, and left tickets for “Mrs. Paige” that were picked up by a different woman at each game. In unprecedented detail, Tye reveals how Paige, hurt and angry when Jackie Robinson beat him to the Majors, emerged at the age of forty-two to help propel the Cleveland Indians to the World Series. He threw his last pitch from a big-league mound at an improbable fifty-nine. (“Age is a case of mind over matter,” he said. “If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”) More than a fascinating account of a baseball odyssey, Satchel rewrites our history of the integration of the sport, with Satchel Paige in a starring role. This is a powerful portrait of an American hero who employed a shuffling stereotype to disarm critics and racists, floated comical legends about himself–including about his own age–to deflect inquiry and remain elusive, and in the process methodically built his own myth. “Don’t look back,” he famously said. “Something might be gaining on you.” Separating the truth from the legend, Satchel is a remarkable accomplishment, as large as this larger-than-life man.
Satchel Sez
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Author : David Sterry
language : en
Publisher: David Sterry
Release Date : 2001
Satchel Sez written by David Sterry and has been published by David Sterry this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents quips, anecdotes, quotations, and observations from Satchel Paige that describe his experiences in the Negro League and in major league baseball, his thoughts on fellow players, his views on race, and tributes from others.
Satchel Paige And Company
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Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2007-06-13
Satchel Paige And Company written by Leslie A. Heaphy and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Though Satchel Paige lived into the early 1980s, much of our information about his life and especially his career is the stuff of anecdote. He is nevertheless a central figure--arguably the central figure--in our reconstructions of Negro Leagues history. This collection of papers from the 9th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference focuses on the celebrity of Satchel Paige and the team he is most closely associated with, the Kansas City Monarchs. Accounts of Paige's exploits are scrutinized and the effects of his fame, on both the contemporary perception of black baseball and its depiction in the years since, are discussed.
Satchel Paige
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Author : Hallie Murray
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2019-07-15
Satchel Paige written by Hallie Murray and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-15 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
Satchel Paige was an enormously popular pitcher whose career spanned nearly thirty seasons across numerous teams. When he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1948, he became the oldest major league rookie on a major league team, and he was the first Negro league player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Paige is often considered one of the most talented and entertaining pitchers of any race to have ever played baseball. This engaging narrative of both his successes and struggles introduces young readers to America's complicated racial and political landscape in the early twentieth century.
The Sword And The Satchel
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Author : Elizabeth H. Boyer
language : en
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date : 1986-02
The Sword And The Satchel written by Elizabeth H. Boyer and has been published by Del Rey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-02 with Fiction categories.
Kilgore had long dreamed of great adventures and magic. But when he alone proved able to draw the magic sword Kildurin he found himself embroiled in more than he had wanted. With the aid of a crotchety old wizard he set out for the far north across lands beset with trolls, frost giants, dark elves, and all the minions of dark sorcery. It was his duty to find and destroy the evil wizard Surt, who was threatening to bring never-ending darkness and eternal winter to the land of Skarpsey. If he could survive the perils of the journey, he would then have to face Surt alone - one man and his sword against the might of the greatest wizard and all his cohorts. And there was a further problem. There had been twenty previous attempts to end the life of Surt, and all had failed. Surt, it seemed, could not be killed!
Pennsylvania State Reports Containing Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
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Author : Pennsylvania. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Pennsylvania State Reports Containing Cases Decided By The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
House Documents
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
House Documents written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with categories.
Post Office Appropriation Bill 1923
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
Post Office Appropriation Bill 1923 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with United States categories.
Archaeologia Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating To Antiquity
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
Archaeologia Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating To Antiquity written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Archaeology categories.
Beyond The Ballpark
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Author : John A. Wood
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-04-22
Beyond The Ballpark written by John A. Wood and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Most baseball fans know of the amazing accomplishments Hall of Fame members achieved on the field, from Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak to Cy Young’s 511 career wins. But few are as familiar with the ballplayers’ lives away from the diamond—especially those icons who played before the Internet and 24/7 media coverage. Beyond their baseball statistics, what kind of individuals were they? How did they conduct themselves out of the spotlight? What made them tick? In Beyond the Ballpark: The Honorable, Immoral, and Eccentric Lives of Baseball Legends, John A. Woodlooks at the personal lives of fifty members of the Hall of Fame, examining their childhoods, families, influences, life-changing events, defining moments, and more. The players range from the really good guys to bizarre characters and even the downright immoral. The author considers how tragedies may have impacted players, such as the shooting of Ty Cobb’s beloved father by his own mother, and seeks to explain the dispositions of others, such as why the great Rogers Hornsby couldn’t seem to get along with anybody. By taking a closer look at who the players were as men, Beyond the Ballpark captures the essence of these fifty Hall of Famers. Including such names as Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth, this book is for all fans who are interested in more than just a ballplayer’s statistics.