Averell "Ace " Smith The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige`s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic 9781496205490

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Автор: Averell "Ace " Smith
Название: The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige`s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic
ISBN: 9781496205490
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История Америк

Социальная история и история культуры

Этнические меньшинства и мультикультурные исследования

Исследования латиноамериканских этнических групп

Политика и политический строй

Политическая система: тоталитаризм и диктатура

Спорт и активный отдых

История спорта

Игры с мячом

Бейсбол

ISBN-10: 1496205499
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.51 кг.
Дата издания: 01.04.2018
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 14 photographs, 6 illustrations, 2 tables, 1 appendix, index
Размер: 235 x 195 x 23
Ключевые слова: History of the Americas,Social & cultural history,Hispanic & Latino studies,Baseball, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies,SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
Подзаголовок: Satchel paige`s unlikely season in the dominican republic
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Описание: Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he and five of his teammates, including Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell, were lured to the Dominican Republic with the promise of easy money to play a short baseball tournament in support of the country’s dictator, Rafael Trujillo. As it turned out, the money wasn’t so easy. After Paige and his friends arrived on the island, they found themselves under the thumb of Trujillo, known by Dominicans for murdering those who disappointed him.

In the initial games, the Ciudad Trujillo All-Star team floundered. Living outside the shadow of segregation, Satchel and his recruits spent their nights carousing and their days dropping close games to their rivals, who were also stocked with great players. Desperate to restore discipline, Trujillo tapped the leader of his death squads to become part of the team management.

When Paige’s team ultimately rallied to win, it barely registered with Trujillo, who a few months later ordered the killings of fifteen thousand Haitians at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Paige and his teammates returned to the states to face banishment from the Negro Leagues, but they barnstormed across America wearing their Trujillo All-Stars uniforms.

The Pitcher and the Dictator is an extraordinary story of race, politics, and some of the greatest baseball players ever assembled, playing high-stakes games in support of one of the Caribbean’s cruelest dictators.

Дополнительное описание:

Preface: Recovery of a Lost History
1. Trujillo City
2. Time to Get a Job
3. Show Me the Money
4. Chapita
5. The Americans
6. A Long, Lanky Black Boy by the Name of Satchell
7. Tru

The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige`s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic, Averell "Ace " Smith