Clemente
The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
$44.16
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
3 April 2007
Summary
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 brillian…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743299992 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 074329999X |
| Author: | David Maraniss |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 157mm x 235mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
“The year’s best bio.”–Sports Illustrated
“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)”
“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”
“The year’s best bio.”–Sports Illustrated
David Maraniss
David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times. Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, and a trilogy about the 1960s–Rome 1960; Once in a Great City (winner of the RFK Book Prize); and They Marched into Sunlight (winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and Pulitzer Finalist in History).
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