A black soldier's story : the narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence / / Ricardo Batrell ; edited and translated by Mark A. Sanders

• Autore: Batrell Ricardo <b. 1880.>
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.91/05
• Soggetto topico: Blacks - Cuba; Soldiers - Cuba
• Soggetto geografico: Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898 Personal narratives
• Altri autori: SandersMark A. <1963->
• Note generali: Translation of: Para la historia : apuntes autobiograficos de la vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo. Habana : Seoane y Alvarez, impresores, 1912.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban Racial Narrative: An Introduction to A Black Soldier's Story; A Note on Translation and Editing; A Black Soldier's Story; Looking for Ricardo Batrell in Havana: An Appendix Essay; Acknowledgments; Translator's Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 . Originally published in 1912-the same year in which the Cuban government massacred more than 5,000 Afro-Cubans-this work of both protest and patriotism is the only
• Titolo autorizzato: A black soldier's story
• ISBN: 0-8166-7489-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827463603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II