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Ciges Aparicio M. <1873-1936> |
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On captivity [[electronic resource] ] : a Spanish soldier's experience in a Havana prison, 1896-1898 / / Manuel Ciges Aparacio ; translated and edited by D.J. Walker ; with a foreword by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama, c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WalkerD. J <1936-> (Dolores J.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prisoners of war - Cuba |
Prisoners of war - Spain |
Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898 Prisoners and prisons |
Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898 Personal narratives, Spanish |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; Part II; Part III; Appendix: Manuel Ciges Aparicio's Intercepted Letter to Henri Rochefort, Editor of L'Intransigeant; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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On Captivity is the first translation into English of Del Cautiverio, Manuel Ciges Aparicio's account of his imprisonment in the notorious La CabanĚa fortress in Havana during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-98). Ciges enlisted in the Spanish army in 1893 at the age of twenty. He served in Africa and then in Cuba, where he opposed Spanish General Valeriano Weyler's policies in Cuba as well as the war itself. Ciges soon found himself imprisoned and facing execution for treason as punishment for an article critical of Weyler's conducti |
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