Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball
Rucker, Mark & Bjarkman, Peter C.
Language: English
Published by Sports Illustrated, NY, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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First Edition, First Printing; 259 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/unclipped price; foreword by Hank Aaron.a pictorial and narrative history that chronicles Cuba’s rich baseball tradition h9ighlighting Highlights historic Cuban baseball greats—such as Martín Dihigo, Cristóbal Torriente, Adolfo Luque, Conrado Marrero, and José de la Caridad Méndez ("The Black Diamond")—who starred in both the Negro Leagues and international play.
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- Title
- Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball
- Author
- Rucker, Mark & Bjarkman, Peter C.
- Publisher
- Sports Illustrated, NY
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1892129329
- ISBN 13
- 9781892129321
- Illustrator
- Color & b&w visual artifacts, including hundreds of historical photographs, vintage trading cards, and handbills
- Edition
- 1st
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 4 vo
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Review
Smoke reproduces hundreds of exquisite photographs, trading cards, handbills and other visual artifacts going back to the days when Cuban ballplayers, like their counterparts to the north, struck stony poses with handlebar mustaches and hightop shoes.
"A lot of the stuff was literally crumbling in his hands," Bjarkman says of Rucker's adventures in purchasing and copying memorabilia. "You see the cracks in some of these, and many of them have been greatly computer-enhanced. We have tried to create a pictorial record that's going to last."
Bjarkman and Rucker both hope Smoke will do more than help solidify Cuba's colorful baseball past. They'd like to contribute to its future. -- Indianapolis Star
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Dorley House Books, Inc.
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