Cuban Star

by Adrian Burgos Jr.

Book Overview

In Cuban Star, an interpretive account of Alejandro "Alex" Pompez's life in context, Adrian Burgos, Jr. follows Pompez's--and baseball's--path through the twentieth century's changing social and racial landscape.

When the selection committee voted Alex Pompez into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, some cried foul. A Negro-league owner during baseball's glory days, Pompez was known as an early and steadfast advocate for Latino...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809037203
• ISBN13: 9780809037209
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"