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Satchel Paige : don't look back / written by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Terry Widener.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection GV865.P3 A34 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adler, David A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982--Juvenile literature.
- Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Discrimination in sports--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982.
- Baseball players--Biography.
- Discrimination in sports--History.
- Baseball players.
- Discrimination in sports.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Manufacture:
- Hong Kong : South China Printing Co.
- Place of Publication:
- Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., 2007.
- Summary:
- Satchel Paige was one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. Take a look at his life and his struggle to be accepted into the major league.
- Notes:
- "Text copyright ©2007 by David A. Adler"--verso of title page.
- "Illustrations copyright ©2007 by Terry Widener"--verso of title page.
- "Manufactured by South China Printing Company, Ltd., China"--verso of title page.
- "The illustrations in this book were done in Golden acrylics on Strathmore bristol board. The display type was set in Ivy League. The text type was set in Sheriff. Designed by Linda Lockowitz"--verso of title page.
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0152055851
- 9780152055851
- 9781428732179
- 1428732179
- OCLC:
- 61481528
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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