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Title details for Son of Havana by Luis Tiant - Available

Son of Havana

A Baseball Journey from Cuba to the Big Leagues and Back

by Luis Tiant
Saul Wisnia
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Luis Tiant is one of the most charismatic and accomplished players in Boston Red Sox history—a cigar-chomping maestro who was the heart and soul of Boston's teams in the 1970s. In his white polyester uniform, with a paunch in his belly and a Fu Manchu mustache on his face, Tiant looked like a guy rolling out of bed for a Sunday-morning beer league. But nobody was a tougher competitor on the diamond, and few were as successful. There may be no more qualified pitcher not yet enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
His big-league dreams came at a steep price—racism in the Deep South and the Boston suburbs, fifteen years separated from a family held captive in Castro's Cuba. But baseball also delivered World Series stardom and a heroic return to his island home after a half-century of forced exile. The man whose name—"El Tiante"—became a Fenway Park battle cry has never fully shared his tale in his own words, until now.
In Son of Havana, Tiant puts his huge heart on his sleeve and describes his road from fields strewn with rocks and rubbish in Havana to the pristine lawns of Major League ballparks. Ballplayers, family, and media also weigh-in—including a foreword by fellow 1975 hero Carl Yastrzemski and the first in-depth interview ever with Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk on the magic behind the Boston batterymates.

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  • Release date

    May 14, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781977355935
      • File size: 461271 KB
      • Duration: 16:00:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The challenge of narrating this audiobook is to clearly differentiate between its two alternating points of view: The third-person perspective of the author and the first-person perspective of former Boston Red Sox star Luis Tiant. Leon Nixon narrates both in a deep, serious tone which, while very clearly describing the life of the colorful baseball great, takes a slow, somber tone that seems at times a bit too deliberate. Still, the story is an interesting one of a cigar-smoking Cuban exile who played into his 40s. Nixon narrates with an overall dramatic tone but does not try to imitate anyone, letting the story stand on its own. Details of Tiant's life are interesting--particularly his Cuban upbringing, his well-documented separation from his family, and his time as a beloved part of Red Sox Nation. M.B. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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