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Havana hardball : spring training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban league /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brioso, César
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Subjects:
Baseball > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Nineteen forties.
Baseball > Social aspects > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Minorities in baseball > History > 20th century.
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
Baseball players > Cuba > History.
Table of 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.