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Language: en
Pages: 308
Pages: 308
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-07-25 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
When an old scrapbook stirs memories, Billy Bryan looks back to the year 1947 when he was playing winter ball in Cuba, enjoying Havana's decadent nightlife, and
Language: en
Pages: 264
Pages: 264
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
In this visionary sequel to Castro’s Curveball, former Minor League catcher Billy Bryan finds himself back in Havana in 2016 with a small film role. He soon r
Language: en
Pages: 244
Pages: 244
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call fo
Language: en
Pages: 164
Pages: 164
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: National Geographic Books
Photographer Villegas and sportswriter Wendel dramatically reveal the energy, talent, and hard-driving ambition of baseball players from Venezuela to the Domini
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-07 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Few political figures of the modern age have been so vilified as Fidel Castro, and both the vilification and worship generated by the Cuban leader have combined