King of the mound
Subtitle: my summer with Satchel Paige
By: Wes Tooke
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781442433465
Subjects: People with disabilities; Baseball; Poliomyelitis; History; African Americans; Fathers and sons; Fiction
Description: Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season. Includes historical notes.