Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports

by Mannie Jackson former Harlem Globetrotters player and the first Black owner of the team, Matthew Jacob, Mark Jacob

The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, originator of the Harlem Globetrotters

The original Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago's South Side and toured the Midwest in Saperstein's model-T. But with Saperstein's savvy and the players' skills, the Globetrotters would become a worldwide sensation.

Globetrotter:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538181452
• ISBN13: 9781538181454
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages