FATAL GLORY : NARCISO LOPEZ AND THE FIRST CLANDESTINE US WAR AGAINST CUBA
by Chaffin, Tom
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0813916739
- ISBN 13
- 9780813916736
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About This Item
University Press of Virginia. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. Hardback; very good in creased dustjacket. ; Between 1848 and 1851, Lopez tried five times to dislodge Cuba's Spanish government. This text recounts Lopez's daring invasions of Cuba and reveals how he was assisted by New York steam ship magnates, penny press editors, Cuban industrialists and northern democratic urban bosses. Illustrated; +xxiipp. ; 282 pages .
Reviews
On Jan 31 2008, ANDRESJOSE said:
The book is the best I've read about Narciso Lopez.
Was Narciso a patriot as Herminio Portell Vila portrays hin in his biography of Narciso Lopez or a mercenary?
Read Tom Chaffin book and decide.
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- Paul Meekins Military & History Books (GB)
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- Title
- FATAL GLORY : NARCISO LOPEZ AND THE FIRST CLANDESTINE US WAR AGAINST CUBA
- Author
- Chaffin, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0813916739
- ISBN 13
- 9780813916736
- Publisher
- University Press of Virginia
- Place of Publication
- Charlottesville
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 19th Century, American History
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