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Join Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob, authors of the captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, originator of the Harlem Globetrotters, which is called “meticulously researched and written in an easy and entertaining style“; by Booklist in a starred review and a “deeply researched, exquisitely written new book” by The Chicago Tribune. 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 Midwest 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. After Saperstein founded the team in the 1920s, they battled everything from blizzards to bigotry, steadily building.
Mark Jacob is a graduate of Hendrix College. He is the co-author of eight books about sports, history and photography He is the former metro editor of the Chicago Tribune and created the newspaper’s popular “Ten Things You Might Not Know”; history feature. Mark’s articles have been published in Library Quarterly, Chicago Reader, Chicago magazine, and Chicago History magazine. He is a former adjunct professor at Northwestern University.
Matthew Jacob is a graduate of University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He started his career as a journalist. Matt is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and has written for the Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times and USA Today.
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