Roberto Clemente: Baseball Great by Norman L. Macht
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- Age Range: 9 to 12
- Pub. Date: January 1994
- 76pp
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: January 1994
- Publisher: Facts on File, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 76pp
- Age Range: 9 to 12
- Series: Junior World Biographies Series
- ISBN-13: 9780791017647
- ISBN: 0791017648
Synopsis
Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1972, while taking supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Three months later, he was voted into baseball's Hall of Fame, the first Hispanic player ever to be awarded that honor.
Children's Literature
Part of the series "Junior Hispanics of Achievement" which offers captivating accounts of the lives of notable men and women. Clemente was the first Puerto Rican to achieve fame in the major leagues and was the first Latino player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Unfortunately his life was cut short while on a humanitarian mission. Black-and-white photographs, chronology, bibliography, statistics and index round out the text.
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