Clemente
Subtitle: the passion and grace of baseball's last hero
By: David Maraniss
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780743217811
Subjects: Baseball players; Biography
Description: On New Year's Eve, 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver supplies to Nicaragua after an earthquake. Journalist Maraniss now brings the great baseball player back to life. Anyone who saw Clemente play will never forget him--he was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. But Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born in rural Puerto Rico, at a time when there were no blacks or Puerto Ricans playing organized ball in the United States, Clemente went on to become the greatest Latino player in the major leagues, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-387) and index.
Table of contents: title: Something that never ends; title: Where momen came from; title: Dream of deeds; title: The residue of design; title: Arriba! Arriba!; title: Alone at the miracle; title: Pride and prejudice; title: Fever; title: Passion; title: A circular stage; title: El día más grande; title: Tip of the cap; title: Temblor; title: Cockroach corner; title: December 31; title: Out of the sea.