Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America

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Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America

by Tim Wendel (Goodreads Author), José Luis Villegas

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From Argentina and Venezuela to the Dominican Republic and the rest of the Caribbean, thousands of boys grow up playing sandlot ball and planning a big-league career. Inspired by Latino greats who paved the way, young men head north in hopes of baseball success&#151but often find themselves in far different situations. Photographer José Luis Villegas and sportswriter Tim W...more

Hardcover, 160 pages

Published March 18th 2008 by National Geographic

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Dec 14, 2010

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Well, overall, this was a truly fascinating book, that really grabbed my attention with all of the background information and the things that Latino baseball players had to go through, how hard they work, and their horrifying, yet interesting pasts. The book is structured in a really fascinating way. It goes from chapter to chapter, and the different chapters are some called, "Heroes," which explained several different remarkably amazing Latino baseball players lives, what they had to ...moreWell, overall, this was a truly fascinating book, that really grabbed my attention with all of the background information and the things that Latino baseball players had to go through, how hard they work, and their horrifying, yet interesting pasts. The book is structured in a really fascinating way. It goes from chapter to chapter, and the different chapters are some called, "Heroes," which explained several different remarkably amazing Latino baseball players lives, what they had to go through, and where they are now, and several of them are in the hall of fame. Another chapter is called, "Far from home," which is about how Latino baseball still try to keep in touch with their routes, and still visit their hometowns, and to stay in shape they still play on their baseball teams from where they originally lived. This really shows how both unique and amazing Latino baseball players are. Even though the words in the book really came to my attention, and came to life, there is an expression, "A picture is worth a thousand words," and now, that expression finally makes sense to me. The pictures in this book, "Far From Home," were truly unbelievable. There several pictures which attained of Latino baseball hall of famers, 1800's baseball games!, people trying to make catches and they were very high in the air, with some brief captions on the sides to really explain what these pictures are, and what they mean. That was really amazing. In the book, there is a table of contents, and it says what they chapter is called, and what page it is on. The table of contents really helps organize the book well. I think that for the most part, the book was very organized, and an enjoyable one to read.In my opinion the author's writing style was great, and partially mediocre. For the most part, the ways that he described what these people had to go through was amazing, but at times, it got a little off track. The author definitely knows what he is talking about, and I feel that he might be Latino, so he can relate to them. The author does seem a bit biased. Just how he thinks that maybe that Latino's are the best baseball players ever. But at other times, he was really trying to compare the two. The people that should read this book should be people that are really interested in different cultures, and people who enjoy baseball, and who can really get the meaning out of things, and who can get into real depth on certain things... like baseball. The author should have focused more on all Latino players, not just a couple. (less)

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Sports related 2009 Best Books for Young Adults. This book tells the stories of Latino baseball players in America. It has great photography and tells the stories of many baseball players who make it big, and some that don't. This would be a great book to suggest to a sports nut who isn't much of a reader. Perfect for a sports unit.

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Tim Wendel is an award-winning novelist and journalist. He is the author of a nine books, including Castro's Curveball: A Novel; and High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time. His latest, Summer of '68: When Baseball -- and America -- Changed Forever, will be out in 2012. His stories have appeared in Gargoyle and The Potomac Review,...more

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