Satchel Paige
Striking out Jim Crow
New York, N.Y. : Jump at the Sun : Hyperion, [2007]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 89 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Satchel Paige began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him out of the major leagues. But they couldn't stop him from becoming a world-class athlete. This is a fictionalized account of a real-life sports hero.
Subjects:
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination in sports -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
African American baseball players -- Juvenile fiction.
Graphic novels.
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination in sports -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
African American baseball players -- Juvenile fiction.
Graphic novels.
ISBN:
0786839015 (pbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CGN Satchel Sturm | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Graphic Novel | Out (Due: 5/31/2024) |
CGN Satchel Sturm | Southeast | Children's Graphic Novel | In |
CGN Satchel Sturm | Southeast | Children's Graphic Novel | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
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