Roberto Clemente: Baseball's Humanitarian HeroA biography of the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who, before his untimely death in a 1972 airplane crash, was noted for his achievements on and off the baseball field. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Turning Heads Turning Pro | 21 |
A Long Way from Home | 31 |
The Man of Steel | 39 |
The Great One | 55 |
Good Night Clemente | 69 |
An Immortal Moment | 81 |
Death of a Hero | 89 |
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