Wilfred Santiago’s latest book, 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente, starts to fill in that genre hole a little bit. Particuarly if they’re as visually dynamic and playful as this book is. Chronicling Clemente’s life from his early years in Puerto Rico to his tragic death in plane crash in 1972.
No other baseball player dominated the 1960s like Roberto Clemente and no other Latin American player achieved his numbers. Born in 1934 in Puerto Rico, Clemente excelled in track and field and loved baseball. By the age of 17 he was playing in the PR Winter league. Spotted by the big-league scouts because of his hitting, fielding, and throwing abilities, he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954. A fierce competitor, within two seasons he was hitting above .300 consistently.
After his death, Major League Baseball declared September 18 to be “Roberto Clemente Day,” and in 1999, Pittsburgh’s Sixth Street Bridge was renamed the Roberto Clemente Bridge in honor of the greatest Latino ballplayer in history.
You can download an 18-page PDF excerpt (6.6 MB).
Book Details
| Author: | Wilfred Santiago |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Pages: | 200 |
| Dimensions: | 6.25″ x 8″ |
| Colors: | two-color |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Fantagraphics |
| ISBN-10: | n/a |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-56097-892-3 |
Price: $22.99
