Los inicios del beisbol (Beisbol Begins)

Nemesio Guillo no viajo de Cuba a Estados Unidos a los once anos solo para encontrar un nuevo deporte e introducirlo en su pais natal. !Pero eso es exactamente lo que sucedio!Nemesio y su hermano mayor llegaron a Alabama en 1858 para asistir a la escuela. Mientras estaban alli, conocieron un nuevo deporte que estaba arrasando en todo el pais: el beisbol. En Cuba, los colonizadores espanoles querian que los cubanos siguieran las costumbres espanolas, incluidas las corridas de toros. Nemesio creia que el beisbol reflejaba mejor el espiritu de los cubanos y cuando regreso a casa, llevo con el un bate de beisbol para ensenarle a jugar a sus amigos. El gobernador espanol acabo prohibiendo el beisbol en Cuba, pero para entonces ya se habia popularizado. !Con el tiempo, los cubanos obtuvieron su independencia y el beisbol se convirtio en el deporte nacional!!El autor e ilustrador Ramon Olivera comparte la fascinante y verdadera historia de como un adolescente llevo el beisbol de Estados Unidos a Cuba!Nemesio Guillo didn't travel from Cuba to the United States as an eleven-year-old boy just so he could find a new sport to introduce to his home country. But that's exactly what happened!Nemesio and his older brother came to Alabama in 1858 to attend school. While there, they encountered a new sport that was sweeping the country-baseball. Back in Cuba, Spanish colonizers expected Cubans to follow Spanish customs, including bullfighting. Nemesio believed that baseball better reflected the spirit of the Cuban people, and when he returned home, he brought along a baseball bat so he could introduce the game to his friends. The Spanish governor eventually banned beisbol, as it became known, from being played in Cuba, but by that point it had already caught on. In time, the Cubans gained their independence, and baseball became the national sport!Author and illustrator Ramon Olivera shares the fascinating true story of how a teenage boy brought beisbol from the United States to Cuba! Now in Spanish!