The pride of Havana
Subtitle: a history of Cuban baseball
By: Roberto González Echevarría.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Baseball -- Cuba -- History; Baseball -- Social aspects -- Cuba
Description: "From the first amateur teams of the 1860s to the exploits of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, here is the history of baseball in Cuba. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria expertly traces the arc of the game, intertwining its heroes and their stories with the politics, music, dance, and literature of the Cuban people. What emerges is more than a story of balls and strikes; it is a richly detailed history of Cuba told from the unique cultural perch of the baseball diamond."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-440) and index.