* Review: Satchel

June 29, 2009

The Christian Science Monitor published this review of Larry Tye’s well-received biography of the Negro League legend.

Upshot:

It’s about time somebody wrote a good biography of Satchel Paige, the great baseball pitcher, personality, showman, and entrepreneur. In Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, journalist Larry Tye has done just that.

Likewise, the Boston Globe:

Tye’s writing is a pleasure, relaxed but economical, providing a more vivid sense of life in black baseball than any of the several other books on Paige and the Negro Leagues.

By the way, congratulations to Tye for having his book break into The New York Times‘ best-seller list this week. It debuted at number 15 last week and is at number 13 this week. Joe Torre’s The Yankee Years is in the ninth spot, having spent 14 weeks on the list.

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