McKissack, Pat, 1944- Satchel Paige : : the best arm in baseball / [electronic resource] / Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; illustrations by Michael David Biegel.. — Hillside, N.J., U.S.A. : : Enslow Publishers,, c1992.. — 32 p. : : ill. ; 22 cm. — (Great African Americans series). - McKissack, Pat, 1944- Great African Americans series. .

Includes index.



Анотація:
Describes the life of one of baseball's greatest pitchers, who was unable to play Major League baseball due to segregation for many years, after which he became the first black pitcher in the American League.

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Paige, Leroy, 1906- --Juvenile literature.
Paige, Leroy, 1906-


Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players.
African Americans--Biography.

GV865.P3 / M36 1992

796.357/092 B