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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bjarkman, Peter C., author.     Subjects     Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.     Baseball -- Cuba -- History.     Sports and state -- Cuba -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bjarkman, Peter C., author.       by title:      Fidel Castro and bas...         MARC Display

Fidel Castro and baseball : the untold story / Peter C. Bjarkman. by Bjarkman, Peter C., author. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] Subjects Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.   Baseball -- Cuba -- History.   Sports and state -- Cuba -- History. ISBN:  9781538110300 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) : 153811030X (hardcover ; alkaline paper) Description:  xxxiii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Prologue : A Rationale -- Part I: The Myths. "History Will Absolve Me" ; Baseball's Most Outrageous Myth ; The Infamous "Barbudos" Game -- Part II: The Transformation. Sugar Barons and Sugar Kings, and the Death of Cuba's Professional Baseball ; The Grand Socialist Baseball Experiment ; The Other Big Red Machine and Cuba's Dominance of International Baseball -- Part III: The Legacy. The Fictional Personas of Fidel Castro ; The Cuban Baseball Defectors Phenomenon ; The Ultimate Collapse of Cuban Baseball. Requests:  0 Summary:  Baseball has been as much of a national pastime to Cuba as it has to the U.S., due in no small part to Fidel Castro's love of the game. This book chronicles the central role Castro played in transforming the sport from professional to amateur status in the small island country, which has produced dozens, if not hundreds, of baseball stars.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 796.35709 Bj Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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