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Josh Gibson is the unusual instance of a biography by the same author being the best source for additional information.

Holway's Josh and Satch: The Life and Times of Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige (1991) goes into more detail about Gibson's love life and paints a fuller picture of his times in Latin America than does Josh Gibson. Josh and Satch is a dual biography in which the lives of Gibson and Satchel Paige are interconnected. In it, Paige learns to cope with racism, and with a sense of humor and a keen eye for business, he turns himself into a folk hero who was admired and sought after for public appearances long after his playing days were over. In Josh and Satch, Gibson fails to cope with the same pressures that Paige handled well; he is an example of how the pressures of racism and celebrity could...
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