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On being old.(Devine)(Letter to the editor)
WHEN I RETIRED as a day labourer at the age of seventy it was my intention to use opportunities that opened up in boutique journalism for regular reports on what it is like to be old. This is an aspect of the human experience rather thinly covered outside medical literature and is especially neglected in the memoir form--the insider's view. Many intending memoirists may, of course, have been struck down by misfortune on their way to the writing room and others, having logged on, may have forgotten why they did SO.
There's probably widespread reluctance, as well, about confessing to no longer being what one once was, though it seems to me that this might, in some ...
- A legend's real life ; Author of Satchel Paige biography coming to Gibson's
- Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor VICTORIA SHOULDIS July 23, 2009 700+ words
Satchel Paige spent his life rewriting his own history...and book signing. It wasn't until Satchel Paige was 42 - an age when most modern baseball...the years. What made you look to Satchel Paige? There were two reasons. One was...
- Satchel Paige's America.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Historian Giglio, James N. June 22, 2006 700+ words
Satchel Paige's America. By William Price Fox...claimed that Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige had "the greatest stuff I ever saw...win twelve games and save ten more. Satchel Paige's America adds little to what we...
- THE GREAT 'SATCHEL' PAIGE: One Of The Best Pitchers Ever To Play The
- Newspaper article from: Sacramento Observer Linda Mims August 23, 1995 700+ words
...Observer 08-23-1995 The Great 'Satchel' Paige: One Of The Best Pitchers Ever To...and was still pitching in the 1960s. Satchel Paige was a storyteller who loved to tell...would come to see him perform. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama. His...
- Satchel Paige.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine M.V.P. March 1, 2000 700+ words
Lesa Cline-Ransome Satchel Paige; illus. by James E. Ransome...Intermediate) Legendary pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige spent more than twenty years wowing...immensely talented and individualistic Satchel Paige to the life, seeming--thanks...
- Satchel Paige: Unsung Hero
- Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More MICHEL MARTIN July 27, 2009 700+ words
...MARTIN NPR Tell Me More 07-27-2009 Satchel Paige: Unsung Hero Host: MICHEL MARTIN...player to enter the Hall of Fame: Satchel Paige, a pitching legend in the Negro leagues...Not everybody remembers the name Satchel Paige, but everybody probably remembers...
- Fox, William Price. Satchel Paige's America.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Puffer, Raymond July 1, 2005 700+ words
FOX, William Price. Satchel Paige's America. Univ. of Alabama...likeable personality of someone like Satchel Paige, and you have a nearly foolproof...be worthwhile, both for young Satchel Paige and for the whole country. Raymond...
- BUCK O'NEIL ON SATCHEL PAIGE
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times March 17, 1996 700+ words
...should have been the first. "As for Satchel (Paige), who for many whites was the only...in 1947) before you take me. I'm Satchel Paige. It was his pride that hurt. "Now...They would have said, well, that's Satchel Paige. But with Jackie, they would have...
- Satchel Paige: a hero for the Jews too.(OPINIONS)(Satchel Paige)
- Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA) Tye, Larry October 16, 2009 700+ words
...up seeing a Jewish angle in everything--but was there really anything Jewish about Negro Leagues strikeout king Leroy "Satchel" Paige? I began to wonder a week ago, as I prepared for two presentations to Jewish audiences on my new biography of Paige. It...
