Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss

Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero

David Maraniss

401 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional informative slow-paced
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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. Da...

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