Download or read book The Legend of El Duque written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE KING IS DEAD Wyoming rancher Bill Werter is in serious trouble when Texas fever claims a number of his cattle—including his prize bull, King. Now, he needs someone trustworthy to ride into Mexico with ten thousand dollars of his hard-earned money to buy the only bull that could take King's place: El Duque. Good thing Werter has a friend like the Gunsmith. When word gets out that Clint Adams is heading to Mexico with pockets full of cash, it doesn't take long for a few bad seeds to spring into action. But tracking the Gunsmith isn't easy. It's not safe either—and that's no bull.
Download or read book Verdadera Relacion de la Gran vitoria que el Duque de Fernandina tenido sobre Arenas gordas captivando muchos Moros etc written by Garcia de TOLEDO (Duke de Fernandina, Viceroy of Sicily.) and published by . This book was released on 1624 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Informe hecho por el Duque Marqu s de Valde Fuentes sobre el sucesso entre algunos Se ores y soldados de la Guarda de su Magestad en 7 de Julio de 68 written by Augustin de LANCÁSTER SANDE PADILLA (Duke de Abrantes, Marquis de Valdefuentes, etc.) and published by . This book was released on 1668 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Duke of Havana written by Steve Fainaru and published by Villard. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, a mysterious right-handed pitcher emerged from the ashes of the Cold War and helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship. His origins and even his age were uncertain. His name was Orlando El Duque Hernandez. He was a fallen hero of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution. The chronicle of El Duque's triumph is at once a window into the slow death of Cuban socialism and one of the most remarkable sports stories of all time. Once hailed as a paragon of Castro's revolution, the finest pitcher in modern Cuban history was banned from baseball for life for allegedly plotting to defect. Instead of accepting his punishment, he fearlessly fought back, defying the Communist party authorities, vowing to pitch again, and ultimately fleeing his country in the bowels of a thirty-foot fishing boat. Here, for the first time and in astonishing detail, the secrets behind El Duque's persecution and escape are revealed. Moving from the crumbling streets of post Cold War Havana to the polarized world of exile Miami, from the deadly Florida Straits to the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium, it is a story of cloak-and-dagger adventure, audacious secret plots, the pull of big money, and the historic collision of ideologies. Present throughout are the larger-than-life characters who converged at this bizarre intersection of baseball and politics: El Duque himself, Fidel Castro, the Miami sports agent Joe Cubas, the late John Cardinal O'Connor along with scouts, smugglers, and the Cuban ballplayers who gave up their lives as tools of socialism to test the free market and chase their major-league dreams. Reported in the United States and Cuba by two award-winning journalists who became part of the story they were covering, The Duke of Havana is a riveting saga of sports, politics, liberation, and greed.
Download or read book El Duque written by Kenneth LaFreniere and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all its incredible heroes, baseball has never seen a player like Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. From humble beginnings, El Duque rose to fame in his native Cuba as one of the best pitchers ever. But suddenly his baseball career was over. Fearing he would flee the country, the Cuban government banned him from baseball for life. Rather than be forced to watch from the sidelines, El Duque and seven other friends and players boarded a rickety boat and made a dangerous journey through shark-infested waters to freedom. After being shipwrecked for days on a deserted island, El Duque finally made it to American shores -- and a starting spot with the world-famous New York Yankees! A star pitcher in the 1998 World Series, El Duque enjoyed one of the best rookie seasons in the history of the Major Leagues -- and his inspiring story is just beginning...
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Download or read book El Duque written by Kenneth LaFreniere and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of the New York Yankees pitcher who defected from Cuba in a wooden fishing boat after achieving great success on the Cuban national team and earning the respected nickname "El Duque."
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Download or read book Bulletin written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Download or read book Las Mocedades del Duque de Osuna written by Manuel B. Barroca and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Duke of Osuna escapes from prison and goes in pursuit of a famous swordsman, Afanador, to see how good a fighter he really is. Plays various pranks on his way, always rewarding his victims with double or three times the value of the damaged goods, meets a former lover and gathers some followers who join him on his trip to Flanders. The play ends with the duke and his friends being imprisoned at first and then pardoned and praised by the King of France who had witnessed a tumultuous clash between Spaniards and Frenchmen at a play performance, provoked by an insult to the dignity of the the King of Spain by one of the French actors. The French King admired the duke's nobility, his patriotism, courage , valor and extreme dedication and respect shown to his king. Trabajo en todos aspectos meritorio, esta magnífica obra del Profesor Manuel Barroca tiene la virtud de ofrecer al lector un lúcido análisis a una curiosa faceta de la obra de Don Cristobal Monroy, fecundo pero injustamente poco divulgado autor. -Eduardo Mayone Dias Professoe Emeritus Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of California at Los Angeles
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