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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Brioso, César, 1965- author.     Subjects     Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972     Baseball -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.     Nineteen forties.     Baseball -- Social aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.     Minorities in baseball -- History -- 20th century.     Baseball players -- Cuba -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brioso, César, 1965- author.       by title:      Havana hardball : sp...         MARC Display

Havana hardball : spring training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban league / César Brioso. by Brioso, César, 1965- author. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2015. Subjects Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972   Baseball -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.   Nineteen forties.   Baseball -- Social aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.   Minorities in baseball -- History -- 20th century.   Baseball players -- Cuba -- History. ISBN:  0813061164 (cloth) 9780813061160 (cloth) Description:  xv, 301 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Contents:  The year of Dick Sisler -- Boxing Ernest Hemingway -- Opening day, Havana -- The American series -- Living legends -- Separate and unequal -- Tale of two leagues -- Hermit in Havana -- New year's resurrection -- Panama and the petition -- Whoever defeats Almendares dies -- Opening day, Brooklyn -- A house united. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Havana Hardball captures the excitement of the Cuban League's greatest pennant race and the anticipation of the looming challenge to MLB's color barrier. Illuminating one of the sport's most pivotal seasons, veteran journalist César Brioso brings together a rich mix of worlds as the heyday of Latino baseball converged with one of the most socially meaningful events in U.S. history,"--Amazon.com.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 796.35709 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.35709 Brioso Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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