Title
Cuban star : how one Negro-League owner changed the face of baseball / Adrian Burgos, Jr.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780809094790 (alk. paper)
0809094797 (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 302 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV865.P66 B87 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.357092 B
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rising star. Roots and routes ; Making Harlem home ; Launching of the Cuban Stars ; The rise and fall of a numbers king ; Witness for the state - -A world made new. Rebuilding the "Latins from Manhattan" ; Glory days ; Scouting the Americas for Giants ; From Cuban Stars to Dominican Giants ; Into the shadows.
