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Satchel Paige could throw a baseball like no one else. But when he began his career in the 1920s, even the best African American players were kept out of the major leagues. Paige rose to stardom in the Negro Baseball Leagues--and he waited for his chance to play in the "big show." Finally, at an age when most players retire, Paige proved that staying in the game pays off. David A. Adler and Terry Widener, the award-winning team behind several acclaimed sports biographies, have created a powerful story about a talented athlete who just wouldn't give up. Satchel Paige is an inspired subject for baseball lovers, readers who are interested in African American history, and anyone who has held on to a dream.
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DAVID A. ADLER and TERRY WIDENER are the team behind many award-winning books, including America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle, a Child Magazine Best Book of the Year. David A. Adler lives on Long Island, New York. Terry Widener lives in McKinney, Texas.
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The great baseball pitcher was always larger than life: here he looms as a folk hero. Adler tells the story of Paige's life simply: the seventh of 11 children, he was sent to reform school for petty theft but was famous for his arm from his earliest years. Successful in the Negro Leagues for decades, he eventually became a major league rookie--in his early forties. Widener's acrylic paintings elongate and exaggerate the figures, using a rubbery perspective and old-fashioned hues to great effect. Although this is not as powerful as Lesa Cline-Ransome's Satchel Paige (1999), it does capture Paige's personal charisma as well as his place in baseball history. GraceAnne DeCandido
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- PublisherHarcourt Childrens Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0152055851
- ISBN 13 9780152055851
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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