{"product_id":"satchel-paige-striking-out-jim-crow-9781368042895","title":"Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow","description":"Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy \"Satchel\" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction. He made a point of writing his own history . . . and then re-writing it. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League's hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist's eye to Paige's story. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Sturm\u003c\/b\u003e is a cartoonist and the cofounder of The Center for Cartoon Studies. His graphic novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Golem's Mighty Swing, Market Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOff Season\u003c\/i\u003e. His picture books for children include \u003ci\u003eApe and Armadillo Take Over The World, Birdsong\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Adventures in Cartooning series (with Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRich Tommaso\u003c\/b\u003e started writing and drawing original comics and graphic novels in 1993. He is mostly known for his series of crime novels, the first of which was \u003ci\u003eClover Honey\u003c\/i\u003e. Since then, he has penned a few more crime books, including \u003ci\u003eSam Hill: The Cavalier Mr. Thompson, Dark Corridor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDry County\u003c\/i\u003e. At the moment he is drawing a new, but classically-styled, Dick Tracy comic series with Mike, Lee, and Laura Allred. Aside from his crime work he's made a dozen other comics and graphic novels in various genres, including \u003ci\u003eSpy Seal, She Wolf, Vikings' End, Don't Look Back, 8 1\/2 Ghosts, Perverso!, The Horror of Collier County\u003c\/i\u003e, and a humorous travel book called \u003ci\u003eLet's Hit the Road\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his girlfriend, Amy, and their two cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527567413522,"sku":"9781368042895","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e29d8f7-66d9-4b30-afc9-9627c602e4eb.jpg?v=1731305764","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/satchel-paige-striking-out-jim-crow-9781368042895","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}