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The Eastern stars : how baseball changed the Dominican town of San Pedro de Macorís / Mark Kurlansky.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.Description: 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781594487507
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.35707293/82 22
LOC classification:
  • 118 GV 863.29  K96e 2010
Contents:
pt. 1. Sugar. Like the trace of a kiss -- The first question -- The question of first -- Who's on first -- The first opening -- San Pedro rising -- Draft dodging -- pt. 2. Dollars. The fourth incarnation of San Pedro -- The city of baseball -- Three three-brother families -- The curse of the Eastern stars -- San Pedro's black eye -- Fickle judgment from the peanut gallery -- Appendix 1 : The first seventy-nine: major league baseball players from San Pedro de Macoris -- Appendix 2 : A Dominican chronology.
Summary: Examines the staggering amount of baseball talent that has originated in the impoverished area of San Pedro, in the Dominican Republic, and discovers wider meanings about place, identity, and, above all, baseball.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 118 GV 863.29 K96e 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000128100

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.

pt. 1. Sugar. Like the trace of a kiss --
The first question --
The question of first --
Who's on first --
The first opening --
San Pedro rising --
Draft dodging --
pt. 2. Dollars. The fourth incarnation of San Pedro --
The city of baseball --
Three three-brother families --
The curse of the Eastern stars --
San Pedro's black eye --
Fickle judgment from the peanut gallery --
Appendix 1 : The first seventy-nine: major league baseball players from San Pedro de Macoris --
Appendix 2 : A Dominican chronology.


Examines the staggering amount of baseball talent that has originated in the impoverished area of San Pedro, in the Dominican Republic, and discovers wider meanings about place, identity, and, above all, baseball.

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