Title Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez : the improbable life of a Cuban American baseball star / Kat D. Williams.

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Lincon : University of Nebraska Press, 2020.

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Description	1 online resource
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"Kat D. Williams traces Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez's life from her childhood in Cuba to her reinvention of herself as a professional American baseball player, illuminating the importance of sport as a source of stability in a life defined by challenges"-- Provided by publisher
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. El Cerro -- 2. Refashioning Lefty -- 3. The Passion of the Island -- 4. Coming to America -- 5. Life after the League -- 6. A League of Her Own -- Epilogue -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Subject	Alvarez, Isabel, 1933-
	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History.
	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. (OCoLC)fst00676538
	Women baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
	Women baseball players -- Cuba -- Biography.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
	Women baseball players. (OCoLC)fst01177347
	Cuba. (OCoLC)fst01205805
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Williams, Kat D. Isabel "Lefty" Alvarez. Lincon : University of Nebraska Press, 2020 9781496218827 (DLC) 2019044424 (OCoLC)1124525153
ISBN	9781496221674 (electronic book)
	1496221672 (electronic book)
	9781496221650 (epub)
	9781496221667 (mobi)

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