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Tye, Larry.
Satchel :
the life and times of an American legend /
Larry Tye.
1st ed.
New York :
Random House,
2009.
xvi, 392 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-377) and index.
A portrait of the Negro League pitcher and pioneer in the integration of baseball evaluates the role of discrimination in limiting his career, the Jim Crow biases that prevented his signing with the big leagues until he was in his forties, and his lasting legacy.
Paige, Satchel
1906-1982.
Baseball players
United States
Biography.