21: The Story of Roberto Clemente

by Wilfred Santiago

Book Overview

No other baseball player dominated the 1960s like Roberto Clemente and no other Latin American player achieved his numbers. Born in 1924 in Puerto Rico, Clemente excelled in track and field and loved baseball. By the age of 17 he was playing in the PR Winter league. Spotted by the big-league scouts because of his hitting, fielding, and throwing abilities, he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954. A fierce competitor, within two seasons he was hitting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560978929
• ISBN13: 9781560978923
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11

Customer Reviews

I could go on praising this masterpiece for a few paragraphs so just read it but DON'T READ the ins

Brilliantly staged and authentic scenes compliment a thorough and focused account of The Great One! One of the best framing devices I've ever seen= 3 lily white girls gushing about their idol Roberto and diligently preparing to witness history! I could go on praising this masterpiece for a few paragraphs so just read it but DON'T READ the inside cover panels- BOTH are big time SPOILERS: All surprise is taken from the uninitiated reader even the specific years that the foretold major happenings will take place! TIGHTEN UP GROTH! If I had to complain about something on the inside, it would be the lack of his close family tree -you'll see why- that could have only taken one panel. -StrictlySequential