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Roberto Clemente: Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero Paperback Book
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- ISBN
- 9780743299992
- Book Title
- Clemente : the Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
- Item Weight
- 17.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074329999X
ISBN-13
9780743299992
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038754384
Product Key Features
Book Title
Clemente : the Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Reviews
"Maraniss brings imagination, energy, and even poetry to his superb biography of one of the greatest ballplayers ever to delight a stadium full of fans." -- Bill Littlefield, The Boston Globe, "Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. May be the best sports biography ever published." -- Ron Fimrite, "Sports Illustrated", "Clementestands apart. His story, like the game he played, is a deep breath of fresh spring air."-- David Hinckley,Daily News(New York), "Maraniss brings imagination, energy, and even poetry to his superb biography of one of the greatest ballplayers ever to delight a stadium full of fans."-- Bill Littlefield,The Boston Globe, Splendid . . . . A baseball-savvy book sensitive to the social context that made Clemente baseball's future . . . . Thanks to Maraniss, Clemente's legacy is suitably defined and explained., " Clemente stands apart. His story, like the game he played, is a deep breath of fresh spring air." -- David Hinckley, Daily News (New York), "Splendid . . . A baseball-savvy book sensitive to the social context that made Clemente baseball's future . . . Thanks to Maraniss, Clemente's legacy is suitably defined and explained." -- George F. Will, The New York Times Book Review, Maraniss brings imagination, energy, and even poetry to his superb biography of one of the greatest ballplayers ever to delight a stadium full of fans., "An astonishingly good book.... A triumph, a classic American biography." -- Robert W. Creamer, "The Washington Post Book World", "Splendid . . . A baseball-savvy book sensitive to the social context that made Clemente baseball's future . . . Thanks to Maraniss, Clemente's legacy is suitably defined and explained."-- George F. Will, "The New York Times Book Review", "Splendid . . . A baseball-savvy book sensitive to the social context that made Clemente baseball's future . . . Thanks to Maraniss, Clemente's legacy is suitably defined and explained."-- George F. Will, The New York Times Book Review, "Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. May be the best sports biography ever published." -- Ron Fimrite, Sports Illustrated, "Maraniss brings imagination, energy, and even poetry to his superb biography of one of the greatest ballplayers ever to delight a stadium full of fans."-- Bill Littlefield, "The Boston Globe", "Splendid . . . A baseball-savvy book sensitive to the social context that made Clemente baseball's future . . . Thanks to Maraniss, Clemente's legacy is suitably defined and explained."-- George F. Will,The New York Times Book Review, ""Clemente" stands apart. His story, like the game he played, is a deep breath of fresh spring air."-- David Hinckley, "Daily News" (New York), "An astonishingly good book.... A triumph, a classic American biography." -- Robert W. Creamer, The Washington Post Book World
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
796.357092 B
Table Of Content
Contents Memory and Myth 1. Something That Never Ends 2. Where Momen Came From 3. Dream of Deeds 4. The Residue of Design 5. ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! 6. Alone at the Miracle 7. Pride and Prejudice 8. Fever 9. Passion 10. A Circular Stage 11. El Día Más Grande 12. Tip of the Cap 13. Temblor 14. Cockroach Corner 15. December 31 16. Out of the Sea Myth and Memory Acknowledgments Notes Appendix Selected Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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 food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero," a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, "When Pride Still Mattered," Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths. There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente's underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, at a time when there were no blacks or Puerto Ricans playing organized ball in the United States, Clemente wenton to become the greatest Latino player in the major leagues. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, 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 and who now dominate the game. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente's life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea., 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 food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life inClemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero,a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi,When Pride Still Mattered,Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths. There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente's underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, 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. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, 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 and who now dominate the game. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was anidiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente's life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea., From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "When Pride Still Mattered" comes a full-scale biography of the great baseball player and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, who lived, played, and died with enduring passion and grace. of photos., 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 food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered, Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths. There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente's underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, 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. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, 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 and who now dominate the game. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente's life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea., Discover the remarkable life of Roberto Clemente--one of the most accomplished--and beloved--baseball heroes of his generation from Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss. 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 food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered, Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths. There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente's underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, 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. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, 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 and who now dominate the game. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente's life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea.
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