Las Estrellas Orientales
Como el beisbol cambio el pueblo dominicano de San Pedro deMacoris
$47.47
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2011
Summary
“What do Rico Carty, Alfredo Griffin, Pedro Guerrero, George Bell, Julio Franco, Juan Samuel, Sammy Sosa, Alfonso Soriano, and Robinson Canó have in common? That they all come from San Pedro de Macoris, the small sugar town in the Dominican Republic. A coincidence? Hardly.” -National Public Radio
By the end of the 2010 season, more than eighty-six young men from the impoverished city of San Pedro de Macoris were playing in the Major Leagues—meaning one out of every six Dominicans in t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594485145 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1594485143 |
| Author: | Mark Kurlansky |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Riverhead Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 289g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
“Encantador y con observaciones agudas” - The New York Times “[Una] fascinante historia social. Las Estrellas Orientales trata tanto sobre pol
“Encantador y con observaciones agudas”
-“The New York Times”
“[Una] fascinante historia social. “Las Estrellas Orientales” trata tanto sobre pol?tica y cultura como sobre el b?isbol.”
-“USA Today”
“Una gran historia de m?ltiples facetas … de la isla y la cultura que les han creado a muchos ni?os y j?venes una necesidad desesperada de ‘lograrlo’ … de oportunidades perdidas y ?xitos agridulces, una lucha por la identidad que a?n no ha terminado”
-Julia Alvarez, autora de “De c?mo las muchachas Garc?a perdieron el acento”
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including The Food of a Younger Land, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, and The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. He lives in New York City.
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