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Far From Home"In the spirit of Barack Obama's landmark speech in March confronting racial attitudes... ... amazing, heart-wrenching, and ultimately inspiring stories of players you ought to know more about... It is a beautifully wrought historical document that also happens to be a work of art." -- Elysian Fields Quarterly, Spring 2008 "...one of the most beautiful pieces of literature about baseball we have ever held in our hands." -- Farther off the Wall "... broad survey of the prominent rise of major-league Latino players." -- The Wall Street Journal "More than 100 gripping photographs chronicle more than a century of Latino ballplayers in America..." -- The Boston Herald "... terrific book. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal |
