The Southpaw

Bang the Drum Slowly

First edition
Author	Mark Harris
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Bobbs-Merrill
Publication date	1953
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Trumpet to the World
Followed by	Bang the Drum Slowly

The Southpaw was the first of the Henry Wiggen baseball novels by Mark Harris, published in 1953. Wiggen, star pitcher and narrator of the novel, tells of his early years in baseball and his debut with the New York Mammoths. It was followed by Bang the Drum Slowly (1956).