Don't Look Back
Some say Satchel Paige was the greatest pitcher ever—and and certainly his dazzling record of perhaps as many as 2,000 wins, first in the Negro Leagues and then in the integrated major leagues, ranks as one of the most remarkable athletic feats of the century. He also became famous for the advice he freely offered others, including the now legendary "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you." Mark Ribowsky gives the best picture yet of life in the Negro Leagues as he brings to life a man whose act as a lovable eccentric with a golden arm masked a decidedly darker side as womanizer, hard drinker, and contract jumper always on the lookout for number one.
368 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 1994 by Da Capo Press · ISBN 9780306809637
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2 editions
English
- Don't look back · Da Capo Press · 2000 · ISBN 9780306809637 This page
- Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball · Simon & Schuster · 1994 · ISBN 9780671776749
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