If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy Satchel Paige

by Donald Spivey

Book Overview

If You Were Only White explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever--an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826219780
• ISBN13: 9780826219787
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher