Clemente
by David Maraniss
The greatest Puerto Rican who ever lived, fully told.
For you if
you want to understand what Roberto Clemente meant to Puerto Rico and why his death still hurts
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Roberto Clemente played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates with a fury and grace that changed baseball. He died on New Year's Eve 1972, thirty-eight years old, on a relief plane he chartered himself to bring supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Maraniss spent years with Clemente's family and teammates reconstructing a life that was both an extraordinary athletic achievement and a deliberate act of political dignity — a Black Puerto Rican man who refused to be diminished by anyone. The most beloved Puerto Rican of the 20th century. The visitor dispatch that honors him completely.
Where This Book Lives
- Setting
- Puerto Rico • Caribbean
- Voice
- An outside perspective on Puerto Rico
Same pattern, different era
Different time, different place. The same thing keeps happening.
Flip the lens
Same country. Now hear it from the other side.
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For the family bookshelf
Same idea, written for a younger reader. Good for reading together.
