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Great African Americans Ser.: Satchel Paige : The Best Arm in Baseball by Fredrick Mckissack and Patricia Mckissack (2002, Library Binding)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherEnslow Publishing, LLC

ISBN-100766016994

ISBN-139780766016996

eBay Product ID (ePID)102804971

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSatchel Paige : the Best Arm in Baseball

SubjectBaseball / General, Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball

Publication Year2002

FeaturesRevised

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorFredrick Mckissack, Patricia Mckissack

Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Juvenile Nonfiction

SeriesGreat African Americans Ser.

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN00-012421

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsOne has the impression that it was hard not to like Satchel Paige. He was tall and slender and had a genius for throwing a baseball. At twelve he was sent to the Industrial School for Negro Children at Mount Meigs, Alabama. It was a reform school. He'd been stealing. Paige said it was the best thing that ever happened to him. "I was running around with the wrong crowd." He learned to play baseball at Mount Meigs and he learned to play it very well. He is considered by many to be the greatest pitcher of his era, but he was African American and, for most of his long career, he was kept out of the white leagues. He lived in what has come to be called the "Jim Crow" years in American history, the years in which people of color were expected to defer to whites in every way. That it lasted as long as it did is a national disgrace. That people like Satchel Paige found a way to thrive in it is a triumph. This book tells his story. Part of the "Great African Americans" series., Children's Literature

Grade FromKindergarten

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal796.357/092 B

Grade ToSecond Grade

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Synopsis"You're born with speed, but you can get the control," said Satchel Paige. After more than twenty years pitching fast balls, Leroy "Satchel" Paige crossed the color line in baseball. As the first black pitcher in the American League, 42-year-old Paige was past the prime of most ballplayers, but the crowds still packed the stands to witness his famed shutouts and no-hitters. In an inspiring account, the McKissacks describe the hardships and hard work that created this pitching genius.

LC Classification NumberGV865.P3M36 2001