Book Report on Mark Kurlansky’s “The Eastern Stars:How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris.
Provide a short and concise account of the book’s main purpose(s) and research question, the general argument, and the structure of the argument. Show your description of the book’s structural development (how does each chapter contribute to the overall argument, for example), and how ideas presented in different chapters/parts are connected (or fail to connect) to present the main points and build the general argument. In other words, how does the author organize his ideas and build the book’s larger argument? Evaluate the author’s use of evidence/sources, methodology, organization, and presentation. Pay special attention to whether he succeeds in fulfilling the goals he sets out for the book; what is being left out? What lines of research his work opens up (suggesting future possibilities)?