Armando Marsans The First Cuban Major League Baseball Player |
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| Author:
| Toot, Peter T. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-1584-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00USD $2.50 |
Book Description:
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Armando Marsans joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, the first Cuban to play Major League baseball. Part biography, part sociological study, this is an introduction to a physically gifted player that also examines a young, powerful America struggling to find its own identity in a new ethnic makeup.
Armando Marsans joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, the first Cuban to play Major League baseball. Part biography, part sociological study, this is an introduction to a physically gifted player that also examines a young, powerful America struggling to find its own identity in a new ethnic makeup.