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Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star

Name: Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star
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ISBN: 9781496221674

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. El Cerro -- 2. Refashioning Lefty -- 3. The Passion of the Island -- 4. Coming to America -- 5. Life after the League -- 6. A League of Her Own -- Epilogue -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index;"Kat D. Williams traces Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez's life from her childhood in Cuba to her reinvention of herself as a professional American baseball player, illuminating the importance of sport as a source of stability in a life defined by challenges"--

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press City: Cuba., United States.

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

1496221672

ISBN 13:

9781496221674