Globetrotter
How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports
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Product details:
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Date of Publication 1 October 2024
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781538181454
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 236x157x26 mm
- Weight 567 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 BW Photos 625
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Short description:
The Harlem Globetrotters weren?t from Harlem, and they didn?t start out as globetrotters. Globetrotter is the fascinating biography of Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant who took an obscure group of Black basketball players from Chicago?s South Side, created the Harlem Globetrotters, and turned them into a worldwide sensation.
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The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem Globetrotters
The original Harlem Globetrotters weren?t from Harlem, and they didn?t start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago?s South Side and toured the region in Saperstein?s model-T. But with Saperstein?s savvy and the players? skills, the Globetrotters would become a worldwide sensation.
Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports is the fascinating biography of Saperstein, a five-foot-three promoter who made an amazing impact in a sport where height is at a premium: basketball. When Saperstein first founded the team in the 1920s, they battled everything from blizzards to bigotry as they traveled around the Midwest. But the team steadily built a reputation for talent and comedy, increasing its footprint until it covered the entire world.
Abe Saperstein?s impact went well beyond the Harlem Globetrotters. He helped keep baseball?s Negro Leagues alive, was a force in getting pitching great Satchel Paige his shot at the majors, and befriended Olympic star Jesse Owens when he fell on hard times. And at a time when professional basketball was still struggling to attract fans, Saperstein and his Globetrotters helped the sport grow a devoted audience. Globetrotter reveals the tireless work and impressive achievements of a man and basketball team that made millions of people laugh, gasp, and applaud at their astounding performances and incredible talent.
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