Interesting Athletes: A Newspaper Artist's Look at Blacks in Sports

by George L. Lee

George L. Lee was an extraordinarily talented and sensitive artist whose career began in the 1930s in the newspaper business in Chicago. He was there when Joe Louis captured the heavyweight title. He drew the black athletes who broke into major league baseball. This collection has seven sections of ink sketches and cameo biographies: Boxers--American and World; The Story of Joe Louis; Boxing Events of the '50s; Baseball Players; Football Players;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786467665
• ISBN13: 9780786467662
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher