El Beisbol: Travels Through the Pan-American Pastime

by John Krich

Book Overview

A quirky, wry, and often hilarious odyssey through the baseball fields of Latin America--both sports book and travelogue, political reportage and meditation on New World identity. With wit and style,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871133032
• ISBN13: 9780871133038
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Insightful & enjoyable mix of travel & cultural reportage.

This book truly brings the world of Latin baseball to life. Mixing history, travel writing, sports enthusiasm & politics, Krich documents the (declining) importance of baseball in the Latin American countries closest to the US & its influence. He struggles on occasion because he alternately refutes & repeats stereotypes about Latinos, players & nonplayers alike. Some reference material (e.g. a reading list, maps, etc.) would make the book more useful, but overall it is both amusing & insightful, notably on the politics of baseball in US-Nicaraguan relations. Students in my Latin American history class have shown a keen interest in it. It should be brought back into print!