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Against All Hope: The Prison Memoirs of Armando Valladares. [hardcover].
by Valladares, Armando. (Hurley, Andrew; translator)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG dj. Estate acquisition. Book appears unread: no names or writings. Covers & text clean/tight/crisp. Jacket comp
- ISBN 10
- 0394534255
- ISBN 13
- 9780394534251
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About This Item
New York. Alfred A. Knopf. Copyright 1987. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/VG dj. Estate acquisition. Book appears unread: no names or writings. Covers & text clean/tight/crisp. Jacket complete/clean albeit scuffed/scratched. Meager edge wear, no tears. Octavo. 8 pages of glossy plates follow page 336 (photos of dissidents). xiv. + 384pp. Tan boards, silver stamped brown cloth spine. Deckle edge. NOT A REMAINDER. First Edition. LATER EIGHTH (8th) PRINTING so stated. '5/86' publication date code on jacket flap. NOT a remainder.
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On Sep 18 2007, JimL777 said:
I'm two-thirds through reading this compelling account of Armando Valladares courage in resisting Communism and the Castro regime. If his account is accurate, and I suspect it is, I don't understand how Castro can be treated with anywhere near the respect that he currently receives from the American (and Western) media. He is a Latin Stalin, not an elected President, and the so-called mainstream media in the U.S. has ignored the horrible crimes he and his henchman have committed. Shame on them! If the book is accurate, Valladares and thousands of other Cubans were guilty of the one crime that a Communist dictatorship cannot abide - - the desire to think as an individual. Where are the PBS documentaries about Castro's crimes? Where is the outrage?
Read the book. It will open your eyes.
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- Bookseller
- Booktopia
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10122523
- Title
- Against All Hope: The Prison Memoirs of Armando Valladares. [hardcover].
- Author
- Valladares, Armando. (Hurley, Andrew; translator)
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/VG dj. Estate acquisition. Book appears unread: no names or writings. Covers & text clean/tight/crisp. Jacket comp
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394534255
- ISBN 13
- 9780394534251
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- Copyright 1987.
- Pages
- xiv. + 384pp.
- Size
- Octavo.
- Keywords
- Armando Valladares Memoir Cuba Fidel Castro
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