Satchel Paige Striking Out Jim Crow Graphic Novel

Satchel Paige Striking Out Jim Crow Graphic NovelBaseball 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

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.