Hören Sie Ihre Hörbücher bequem über Ihren Kindle Fire, über die Audible-App für Smartphone und Tablet oder am Computer. Roberto Clemente was a legendary ballplayer - a .317 career batting average, 3000 hits, four N.L. By David Maraniss. Every year, it’s the same thing: the Venn diagram of challenged books and those written by authors from marginalized and underrepresented communities collapse into a single circle... Indiespensable 88: A Girl Is a Body of Water, 20% Off Essays and Memoirs by Black Authors, Find Your Voice, Tell Your Story: Banned Books Week 2020. "The year's best bio." He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations and who now dominate the game. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente's life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea. . In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. 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. . To try to capture Clemente this way, David Maraniss writes, "is like chemists trying to explain Van Gogh by analyzing the ingredients of his paint. He was obsessed with his health and ailments, complaining constantly about his pain, and some accused him of being a goldbricker and a hypochondriac, yet he seemed to play at his best when in his greatest pain, and ended his career breaking the record for most games played in a Pirates uniform. 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. Having seen Clemente play in the latter years of his career, this book enlightened me not only about his early years in Puerto Rico, but also about his early years in Pittsburgh. Perhaps Clemente's greatest gift was not the brilliance of athleticism and aestheticism, but of spirit. 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. 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. 257,235 in Audible Hörbücher & Originals (. Leider ist ein Problem beim Speichern Ihrer Cookie-Einstellungen aufgetreten. It is fitting that "The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero" is a biography fit for a king. A most thorough book, it is a must read for any sports fan. Ihre zuletzt angesehenen Artikel und besonderen Empfehlungen. I have written a full review at [...] and I encourage all potential readers to find my full opinion at that location. The incredible character that Clemente was - the passionate grace with which he lived his life, and the heroic way in which he lost it should interest even those only margin, I still recall where I was (family living room) and who I was with (my Dad) when we heard the news of Roberto Clemente's tragic death. Clemente (Paperback) The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero. Maraniss goes beyond technical analysis of Clemente's gifts, dismissing statistics to describe El Magn?fio's greatness - "Clemente was art, not science." Condition: Standard . Pride and prejudice provoked a fury on the baseball field that incited many of Clemente's greatest triumphs. ©2006 David Maraniss (P)2006 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. His story, like the game he played, is a deep breath of fresh spring air." He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations and who now dominate the game. Wählen Sie ein Land/eine Region für Ihren Einkauf. If you love a "poor boy makes good" story, you'll love "Clemente." 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. Be the first to share your thoughts on this title. Posted by Freddy Vasquez | Sep 15, 2010 | Books, Essential Baseball Reading | 0 | If ever a baseball player were deemed worthy of canonization, right fielder Roberto Clemente might be the one. ", "Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. Though it was aggravated by the racism of the time, (Clemente was infuriated when the press would quote his interviews using phonetic spelling to capture his accent) and the language barrier, his sensitive personality, often perceiving slights where they were not intended, was equally to blame. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. Publication Date: April 3, 2007 Other Editions of This Title: At times Maraniss can be a little wordy like when he takes a page and a half to list all the players on some labor committee and he takes a long time to get to the end, and when he does get to the end, it turns into an NTSA report. Clemente The Passion & Grace of Baseballs Last Hero by David Maraniss available in Trade Paperback on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. Maraniss has written a worthy biography that is more than just a sports book. Then, as details trickled out concerning the events surrounding his death--his mission of mercy to people in need, I learn more and more about Clemente the man. He paved the way for Latin players in the major league, and mentored many of them throughout his career. -- David Hinckley, andlt;iandgt;Daily Newsandlt;/iandgt; (New York), "Maraniss brings imagination, energy, and even poetry to his superb biography of one of the greatest ballplayers ever to delight a stadium full of fans. Or as Pirates team mate Steve Blass declared, "The rest of us were just pitchers. batting titles, twelve gold gloves, 1966 National League MVP, 1971 World Series MVP, and the first Latino elected to the Hall of Fame. Who does the player and his tragic, heroic story more than justice. He also deftly balances the many remarkable traits of the man, with the few flaws he, like every human being, had. Sports writer Phil Musick mused at Clemente's funeral "there were things that he did on a ball field that made me wish I was Shakespeare." Both Puerto Rico and Florida are part of the United States. It is fitting that "The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero" is a biography fit for a king. Nach 30 Tagen 9,95 €/Monat, jederzeit kündbar, Unbegrenzt Audible Original Podcasts hören. Clemente would be happy that his story was told not by a hack baseball writer, but by a world class biographer. Having said that, this is an absolutely amazingly complete and fascinating account of one of my favorite all time players and the baseball era in which many of us just turned 50 somethings lived. Clemente was baseball's last hero, not just for his greatness on the field, but for his life off the baseball diamond. Wählen Sie die Kategorie aus, in der Sie suchen möchten. He once said, "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth", and he lived by that line. This review appears in the May/June issue of Latino Suave magazine, along with a full-length article on Roberto Clemente that features interviews with and quotes from David Maraniss and Roberto Clemente, Jr.


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