Satchel the life and times of an American legend

"The definitive biography of Satchel Paige, an all-American story of struggle and triumph about the greatest pitcher to ever throw a baseball. In his hometown streets of Mobile, Alabama, Satchel Paige fired rocks with enough power and precision to bring down a bird or a rival gang member. In the Negro Leagues he fine-tuned a pitch so fast that catchers complained it set their mitts on fire."@en
"Unabridged."@en
"In his hometown streets of Mobile, Alabama, Satchel Paige fired rocks with enough power and precision to bring down a bird or a rival gang member. In the Negro Leagues he fine-tuned a pitch so fast that catchers complained it set their mitts on fire. But racial discrimination kept the Yankees and every other big league team from signing Paige until he was forty-two--when he was voted Rookie of the Year. While many dismissed him as a Stepin Fetchit if not an Uncle Tom, this book makes clear that Paige was something else entirely--a quiet subversive, defying Uncle Tom and Jim Crow. He pitched so spectacularly that white writers and fans turned out to watch black baseball. He drew the spotlight first to himself, then to his all-black Kansas City Monarchs, and inevitably to the Monarchs's rookie second baseman Jackie Robinson."@en