In the spring of 1955, at the age of seventeen, Orlando Cepeda left the poverty and hardship of his native Puerto Rico with the hope of a better life playing professional baseball in the United States. Unable to speak a word of English. Cepeda, a black Latin, stepped of an airpl…
This book is Orlando Cepeda's story, told in his own words and with refreshing candor and great drama.
A biography of the baseball player, first baseman and feared slugger, Orlando Cepeda.
A biography of the baseball player, first baseman and feared slugger, Orlando Cepeda.
by Zerbonia, Ralph, Henderson, Ashyia N.
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Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of Latino heritage who form the international Hispanic community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including art, music and literature to science, politics and…
by Zerbonia, Ralph, Henderson, Ashyia N., Gale
Carlos Acosta -- Angeles Alvarino -- Reinaldo Arenas -- Maria Celeste Arraras -- Polly Baca-Barragan -- Lourdes G. Baird -- Elsa Benitez -- Big Punisher -- Maria Brito -- Cruz M. Bustamante -- Cantinflas -- Lynda Carter -- Richard E. Cavazos -- Orlando Cepeda -- Linda Chavez -- …
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of Latino heritage who form the international Hispanic community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including art, music and literature to science, politics and…