Clemente

Author : Willie Perdomo
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805082247
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clemente! written by Willie Perdomo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning team of Perdomo and Collier ("Visiting Langston") joins forces once again for this tribute to baseball's beloved Roberto Clemente. Full color.

Author : The Clemente Family
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101616849
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clemente written by The Clemente Family and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball great, family man, humanitarian—the life and enduring legacy of Roberto Clemente, as told by his family. With a swift bat and fierce athleticism, Roberto Clemente intimidated major league pitchers for eighteen seasons, compiling three thousand hits. His legs were among the quickest of his era. His throwing arm was one of the strongest, gunning down base runners from right field with incredible frequency. He would spend a career fighting for respect and finally achieve it after a historic World Series performance and a second half of a career that would have him mentioned with greats like Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Mickey Mantle. But what Roberto Clemente did off the field made him an equally great humanitarian. One of the first athletes who understood how the power of sports could be used to transform not just a handful of lives but many thousands of them, he would die following his heart and conscience by helping others. Clemente was on an aircraft loaded with supplies for an earthquake-stricken Nicaragua when the plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. Forty years after that tragic day, the widow and sons of this regal athlete and consummate humanitarian open up for the first time about the husband and father they lost. Featuring an extensive array of rare and never-before-seen photos of Clemente on the field and off, this powerful memoir tells his inspiring story from the voices of those who knew him best. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Author : Jonah Winter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442440740
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roberto Clemente written by Jonah Winter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and even tougher racism--but with his unreal catches and swift feet, he earned his nickname, "The Great One." He led the Pirates to two World Series, hit 3,000 hits, and was the first Latino to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But it wasn't just baseball that made Clemente legendary--he was was also a humanitarian dedicated to improving the lives of others.

Author : Richard F. Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up with Clemente written by Richard F. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a personal history of the life of Pittsburgh's South Side during the city post-World War II renaissance. It is also the intimate story of an American boy who played baseball on the city's dilapidated playgrounds and rooted for his beloved sports teams while struggling in Pittsburgh's blue-collar neighbourhoods.

Author : Earl Shorris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393320664
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riches for the Poor written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, Shorris examines the nature of poverty in America today--addressing such issues as why people are poor and why they stay poor--and offers a unique solution to the problem. Print features.

Author : James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698187288
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Was Roberto Clemente? written by James Buckley, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent 18 seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto Clemente? tells the story of this remarkable athlete: a twelve-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Author : Kal Wagenheim
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497632935
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clemente! written by Kal Wagenheim and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roberto Clemente, one of history's greatest and most memorable Hispanic baseball stars, led a remarkable professional and personal life, until he met an untimely death in 1972 in a plane crash while on a mission of mercy to the site of a disastrous earthquake in Nicaragua. The first Latin American player to be recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Clemente is honored once again in this book that illustrates his dramatic life from his childhood in Puerto Rico to his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Author : Deirdre Clemente
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469614073
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dress Casual written by Deirdre Clemente and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style

Author : Paul Robert Walker
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152634209
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pride of Puerto Rico written by Paul Robert Walker and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991-02-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who, before his untimely death in a 1972 airplane crash, was noted for his achievements on and off the baseball field.

Author : Wilfred Santiago
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606997750
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21 written by Wilfred Santiago and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfred Santiago’s instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young. 21chronicles Clemente’s life from his early days growing up, through the highlights of his career, capturing the grit of his rise from an impoverished Puerto Rican childhood to the majesty of his performance on the field, and to his fundamental decency off of it. Santiago’s inviting style combines realistic attention to detail and expressive cartooning to great effect.