A biography of major league baseball player Roberto Clemente, chronicling his childhood in Nicaragua, his eighteen distinguished seasons, his charity work, and his tragic death.
Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the life of Barack Obama and the forces that shaped him, from early childhood through his adult years, as he became the first black president of the United States.
Presents parallel accounts of what was happening on October 17-18, 1967 in Vietnam with the Black Lion battalion of the First Infantry Division, on the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin where students were protesting against Dow Chemical, and in Washington D.C. where pressures were mounting to end the war.
Provides an account of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, looking at the accomplishments of athletes from that contest whose names live on in history, and examining the games as a reflection of changes in politics and culture going on around the world, most notably the Cold War.
la pasi?n y el carisma del ?ltimo h?roe del b?isbol
Maraniss, David
2006
A biography of major league baseball player Roberto Clemente, chronicling his childhood in Puerto Rico, his eighteen distinguished seasons, his charity work, and his tragic death.
A collection of over twenty-five articles about sports, originally published in 2006 and selected by editor David Maraniss, including pieces by Larry Brown, Dave Hyde, Sara Corbett, and others.
