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Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez : The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star /

"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, Kat D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincon : University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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 
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