One of the first Latinos to play professional baseball in the United States, Leo Najo debuted in 1924 with the San Antonio Bears of the Class A Texas League. After electrifying the San Antonio crowds with his incredible speed and astonishing outfield catches, Najo was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the winter of 1925. Although he has since been largely forgotten by baseball historians, The Washington Post once called him "one of the greatest baseball players of all time." Overcoming the bitter racism in baseball against all players of color, Najo drew strength from his deep love for the game, rising to the heights of stardom in spite of tremendous obstacles. Through his amazing accomplishments, Najo opened the doors of professional baseball for the many outstanding Latino players that followed. Although his career with the White Sox was cut short by a serious leg injury, Najo persevered and transformed himself into one of the greatest minor league players ever. Selected a "Book of the Year" by The Monitor newspaper of McAllen, Texas, this book presents the incredible story of how a young man who started life with virtually nothing became one of the greatest sports heroes of all time, overcoming the pervasive racism of the time.
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2nd Revised & Updated ed.
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-0-9817597-3-9 (9780981759739)
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A recognized expert in the field of UFOs and the paranormal, Noe Torres is an author, publisher, and former Texas state section director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). He holds a Bachelor's in English and a Master's in Library Science from the University of Texas at Austin. He has written one of the most popular books about the famous Roswell Incident, titled "Ultimate Guide to the Roswell UFO Crash," which is among the top selling books at gift shops in Roswell, New Mexico. Torres also wrote the critically-acclaimed book "The Real Cowboys & Aliens: UFO Encounters of the Old West" in 2011, which was followed in 2019 by an expanded book on the same theme, titled "The Real Cowboys & Aliens: Early American UFOs." In addition, Torres has authored or co-authored a number of other well-reviewed books, including "Mexico's Roswell," "The Other Roswell," "Aliens in the Forest," "Fallen Angel," and "The Coyame Incident." His author's page is at http://www.RoswellBooks.com.
Torres has appeared on a number of nationally-broadcast television shows, including season 2, episode 1 of the Travel Channel's Mysteries of the Outdoors, titled "Strange Attraction," which premiered in August 2017. In that show, he is interviewed extensively about unexplained mysteries in Big Bend National Park. Also in 2017, Noe was featured in an episode titled "The Marfa Lights" for the TV series Mysteries of the Unexplained. In 2008, he appeared in season 1, episode 4 of the History Channel's UFO Hunters, in a show called "Crash and Retrieval."
Torres has appeared several times on George Noory's famous radio show Coast to Coast AM, as well as on The Jeff Rense Program and may other shows. He is also in high demand as a speaker at UFO and paranormal conferences and festivals, having been a featured speaker at the 2017 International UFO Congress in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has also spoken five times at the annual Roswell UFO Conference and at many other UFO conferences throughout the United States and Mexico. He makes frequent appearances as a guest speaker in person and via Skype at paranormal conferences throughout the United States.
In addition, Torres has founded a number of UFO conferences throughout Texas, including the Laredo UFO Conference, the Del Rio UFO Festival, the Presidio UFO Festival, and the Edinburg UFO Conference & Festival, which was recently ranked by ListVerse.com as the #3 best UFO festival in the world (see https://listverse.com/2017/04/16/top-10-festivals-for-ufo-and-alien-lovers/). His efforts to organize UFO conferences in Texas were spotlighted by Texas Observer magazine (see https://www.texasobserver.org/aliens-without-borders-exploring-the-del-rio-ufo-festival/).
