The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macorís
A portrait of the town of San Pedro de Macorís, a small impoverished community in the sugar growing region of the Dominican Republic that has so far produced 79 Major League baseball players with many minor leaguers waiting in the wings. It is a baseball story but also reveals the unusual history and rich culture of the Dominican Republic and the impact of baseball, which produces millionaires and can change the life of an entire family, on this struggling Caribbean town.
In a starred review Publishers Weekly wrote: “As he has done so masterfully in his earlier bestselling books on cod, salt, and oysters, Kurlansky homes in on a singular subject and magnifies its every facet under the brilliant light of his investigative reporting, his historical sensibility, and his lively storytelling.”
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Hardcover
Riverhead Books, 2010
ISBN: 9781594487507
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The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macorís
Paperback
Riverhead Books, 2012