A black soldier's story : the narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence /

In 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the Cuban War of Independence...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Batrell, Ricardo, 1880-
Otros Autores: Sanders, Mark A., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Batrell, Ricardo, > 1880-
1895-1898
Black people > Cuba > Biography.
Soldiers > Cuba > Biography.
Personnes noires > Cuba > Biographies.
HISTORY > General.
Black people
Soldiers
Cuba > History > Revolution, 1895-1898 > Personal narratives.
Cuba
Personal Narrative
Biography
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the Cuban War of Independence. After the war ended in 1898, Batrell taught himself to read and write and published a memoir of his wartime experiences, Para la Historia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (lxix, 240 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816674893
0816674892

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