by Larry Tye
First published 2009
Larry Tye delivers the inaugural biographical portrait of Satchel Paige, the most celebrated pitcher in Negro Leagues history. Tye conducted interviews with over 200 former players from both the Negro Leagues and Major Leagues to reconstruct Paige's remarkable career and larger-than-life persona as a black showman-athlete. Drawing from this extensive oral history project, the author traces Paige's journey through segregated baseball and his eventual breakthrough into the majors. The book includes photographs that document Paige's career and era. Readers gain access to firsthand accounts from teammates and competitors who witnessed Paige's extraordinary talent and theatrical approach to the game during baseball's segregated years.
Genres: biography, historical-fiction, 20th-century, african-american, baseball, american-history
Vibes: historical, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: rags-to-riches, underdog
Setting: United States
Period: 20th Century
416 pages · Hardcover · Random House