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Baseball with a Latin beat : a history of the Latin American game / by Peter C. Bjarkman.
- Title
- Baseball with a Latin beat : a history of the Latin American game / by Peter C. Bjarkman.
- Author
- Bjarkman, Peter C.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GV863.155 .B53 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 460 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-444) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- pt. I. Peloteros in Paradise: The Latin American Invasion of the Major Leagues. 1. Dolf Luque, Baseball's First Hispanic Star. 2. Juan Marichal, Latin America's Unmatched Hall-of-Fame Hurler. 3. Roberto Clemente, Hero of an Island Nation. 4. Send In the Scouts: Big-League Teams Exploit the Caribbean Connection. 5. Dodgers with a Latin Beat -- pt. II. Tales from the Tropic of Baseball. 6. Doubleheaders on the Dark Side of the Moon: Negro-League Barnstorming and Caribbean Heroes of the Blackball Era. 7. Cuban Blacks in the Majors Before Jackie Robinson. 8. "The Comet" and "The Maestro": Legacies of Blackball's Lost Caribbean Stars. 9. Pan-America's Diamond Mine: Birthrights of the Caribbean National Game.
- ISBN
- 0899509738 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^94003526^
- OCLC
- 30703609
- SCSB-11090275
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library