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Luke Epplin

Biography

Luke Epplin

Luke Eppilin’s writing has appeared online in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, GQ, Slate, Salon, The Daily Beast and The Paris Review Daily. Born and raised in rural Illinois, Luke now lives in New York City.

Luke Epplin

Books by Luke Epplin

by Luke Epplin - History, Nonfiction, Sports

OUR TEAM traces the story of the integration of the Cleveland Indians and their quest for a World Series title through four key participants: Bill Veeck, an eccentric and visionary owner adept at exploding fireworks on and off the field; Larry Doby, a soft-spoken, hard-hitting pioneer whose major-league breakthrough shattered stereotypes that so much of white America held about Black ballplayers; Bob Feller, a pitching prodigy from the Iowa cornfields who set the template for the athlete as businessman; and Satchel Paige, a legendary pitcher from the Negro Leagues whose belated entry into the majors whipped baseball fans across the country into a frenzy.