02125cam a2200433 i 4500 2024398878 TxAuBib 20250312120000.0 240427s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024015434 9781538181454 hardcover 1538181452 hardcover 40032470739 (OCoLC)1423497247 TxAuBib rda Jacob, Mark, author. Globetrotter : how Abe Saperstein shook up the world of sports / Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob. How Abe Saperstein shook up the world of sports. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The disruptor -- The immigrant -- The entrepreneur -- The barnstormer -- The boss -- The baseball promoter -- The champion -- The groundbreaker -- The people person -- The team player -- The showman -- The frequent flyer -- The diplomat -- The commissioner -- The innovator -- The perpetual motion machine. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20250312. Saperstein, Abe. Harlem Globetrotters History. Basketball coaches United States Biography. Jews Illinois Chicago Biography. African American basketball players. fast Chicago (Ill) Biography. Jacob, Matthew, 1962-, author. TXKIP