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Author : Paul Robert Walker
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 35,37 MB
Release : 1991-02-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780152634209
A 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.
Author : Paul Robert Walker
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 1991-02-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780780705005
This is the story of the great right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Roberto Clemente. An outstanding athlete and a dedicated family man, whose love for his native land of Puerto Rico was unsurpassed. This book tells an inspiring story of this Baseball Hall of Famer. Great reading for young sports fans.
Author : Gerry Boehme
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502610590
Barriers have existed to deny people the chance to compete athletically based on their race, ethnic background, or sex. Some athletes, through their courage and class, have broken down the barriers that have afflicted our society, and sometimes affected greater social change. A superstar on and off the baseball diamond, Roberto Clemente overcame bias toward blacks and stereotypes that had harmed his fellow Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in all walks of life. He became a role model for Hispanics, and then for everybody when he died bringing aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Author : Jonah Winter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1442440740
On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and even tougher racism--but with his unreal catches and swift feet, he earned his nickname, "The Great One." He led the Pirates to two World Series, hit 3,000 hits, and was the first Latino to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But it wasn't just baseball that made Clemente legendary--he was was also a humanitarian dedicated to improving the lives of others.
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Publisher : Harcourt School Publishers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780153335914
Author : Nancy Morris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 1995-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313389284
This book uses historical and interview data to trace the development of Puerto Rican identity in the 20th century. It analyzes how and why Puerto Ricans have maintained a clear sense of distinctiveness in the face of direct and indirect pressures on their identity. After gaining sovereignty over Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, the United States undertook a sustained campaign to Americanize the island. Despite 50 years of active Americanization and another 40 years of continued United States sovereignty over the island, Puerto Ricans retain a sense of themselves as distinctly and proudly Puerto Rican. This study examines the symbols of Puerto Rican identity, and their use in the complex politics of the island. It shows that identity is dynamic, it is experienced differently by individuals across Puerto Rican society, and that the key symbols of Puerto Rican identity have not remained static over time. Through the study of Puerto Rico, the book investigates and challenges the widely-heard argument that the inevitable result of the export of U.S. mass media and consumer culture throughout the world is the weakening of cultural identities in receiving societies. The book develops the idea that external pressure on collective identity may strengthen that identity rather than, as is often assumed, diminish it.
Author : Born and Breed Journals
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 26,9 MB
Release : 2019-12-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781670472434
Ideal for all the awesome patriotic proud Puerto Rican people that take pride in their country Puerto Rico
Author : Esmeralda Santiago
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786736860
One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to Harvard In a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty and tenderness, Esmeralda Santiago learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of tree frogs, the taste of morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But when her mother, Mami, a force of nature, takes off to New York with her seven, soon to be eleven children, Esmeralda, the oldest, must learn new rules, a new language, and eventually a new identity. In the first of her three acclaimed memoirs, Esmeralda brilliantly recreates her tremendous journey from the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years, to translating for her mother at the welfare office, and to high honors at Harvard.
Author : Ed Morales
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1568588984
A crucial, clear-eyed accounting of Puerto Rico's 122 years as a colony of the US. Since its acquisition by the US in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic, political, and social policies. The devastation that ensued finally grew impossible to ignore in 2017, in the wake of Hurricane María, as the physical destruction compounded the infrastructure collapse and trauma inflicted by the debt crisis. In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales traces how, over the years, Puerto Rico has served as a colonial satellite, a Cold War Caribbean showcase, a dumping ground for US manufactured goods, and a corporate tax shelter. He also shows how it has become a blank canvas for mercenary experiments in disaster capitalism on the frontlines of climate change, hamstrung by internal political corruption and the US federal government's prioritization of outside financial interests. Taking readers from San Juan to New York City and back to his family's home in the Luquillo Mountains, Morales shows us the machinations of financial and political interests in both the US and Puerto Rico, and the resistance efforts of Puerto Rican artists and activists. Through it all, he emphasizes that the only way to stop Puerto Rico from being bled is to let Puerto Ricans take control of their own destiny, going beyond the statehood-commonwealth-independence debate to complete decolonization.
Author : Boricua Publications
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2019-11-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781670004284
Show your patriotic puerto rico pride on and beyond Independence Day with this puerto rican graphic. Great graphic to present its origin all year round.Are you looking for a beautiful, inspirational and motivational gift for someone special? This is a lined journal that's perfect for your loved one. Other details include: 110 pages, 6x9, white paper and a beautiful, glossy-finished cover. This journal is the best gift that will allow you to express yourself to the world.