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Mark Kurlansky

The Eastern Stars

How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris

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The intriguing, inspiring history of one small, impoverished area in the Dominican Republic that has produced a staggering number of Major League Baseball talent, from an award-winning, bestselling author. In the town of San Pedro in the Dominican Republic, baseball is not just a way of life. It's the way of life. By the year 2008, seventy-nine boys and men from San Pedro have gone on to play in the Major Leagues-that means one in six Dominican Republicans who have played in the Majors have come from one tiny, impoverished region. Manny Alexander, Sammy Sosa, Tony Fernandez, and legions of other San Pedro players who came up in the sugar mil… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-101-18686-2
  • EAN: 9781101186862
  • Produktnummer: 17671366
  • Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 352 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 300 KB

Über den Autor


Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including The Food of a Younger Land, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World; Salt: A World History; 1968: The Year That Rocked the World; and The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. He lives in New York City.

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