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Speak English!
Rafael Hermoso
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Description for Speak English!
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Latinos dominate baseball today, leading off the lineups of the best teams, making contenders strong up the middle, or helping to anchor pitching staffs. Vladimir Guerrero, Omar Vizquel, and Mariano Rivera are well-known professional baseball stars. But many Latinos had less flashy beginnings.
Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball chronicles how much and how little has changed since the first Latino played in the big leagues in the nineteenth century. By the middle of the next century, the Alous, Vic Power, and Rico Carty worked to earn their place in the game amid taunts and ridicule. Today, ... Read more
Latinos dominate baseball today, leading off the lineups of the best teams, making contenders strong up the middle, or helping to anchor pitching staffs. Vladimir Guerrero, Omar Vizquel, and Mariano Rivera are well-known professional baseball stars. But many Latinos had less flashy beginnings.
Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball chronicles how much and how little has changed since the first Latino played in the big leagues in the nineteenth century. By the middle of the next century, the Alous, Vic Power, and Rico Carty worked to earn their place in the game amid taunts and ridicule. Today, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9781606351673
SKU
V9781606351673
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Rafael Hermoso
Rafael Hermoso covered baseball from New York City sandlots, the New York Penn League, and the major leagues for the Bergen Record, New York Daily News, and the New York Times. Hermoso works for UNICEF. Rita Rivera is a photo editor and a photographer. Rivera's photographs are widely exhibited and are in the permanent collections of The New York ... Read more
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