Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
of David Maraniss (Goodreads Author)
Description
On New Year's Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero," a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, "When Pride Still Mattered," Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths.
Gender
Main Characters
Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 401 pages
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date April 25th 2006
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780743217811
- Edition Not informed
- Category Special Interests
- Scenario []
Rate this work
đ Log in to evaluate this book.
Share your opinion with other readers. Your feedback is very important!
AI-Powered Recommendations
Based on your reading of "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero", our dual AI algorithms suggest these titles. ⥠FAISS Baseline đ§ PyTorch Enhanced
Top Picks For You
đŻ Smart Selection
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
by Jane Leavy (Goodreads Author)
O Pecado de Porto Negro
by Norberto Morais (Goodreads Author)
Eumeralla: Secrets, Tragedy and Love
by Joanna Stephen-Ward (Goodreads Author)
How do we choose these recommendations?
Similar Style Recommendations
Books with similar themes, authors, and writing styles to what you're reading now.
Smart AI Matches
Our advanced AI finds books you might love based on deeper patterns and reader preferences.
FAISS Baseline
Fast & Reliable
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
Joe Posnanski (Goodreads Author)
The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
Jane Leavy (Goodreads Author)
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team
Ben Lindbergh (Goodreads Author), Sam Miller (Goodreads Author)
