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Fatal Glory : Narciso Lopez and the First Clandestine U.S. War Against Cuba
by Chaffin, Tom
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0813916739
- ISBN 13
- 9780813916736
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A fascinating account of Narciso Lopez's various exciting attempts to unseat Spanish power over Cuba during the 1840s and 1850s, his close friendship with various high American Southern officials and military leaders, his contemporaries and the times he lived in, the state of international relations during this period, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, bibliography, indexed, 282pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00007733
- Title
- Fatal Glory : Narciso Lopez and the First Clandestine U.S. War Against Cuba
- Author
- Chaffin, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0813916739
- ISBN 13
- 9780813916736
- Publisher
- University Press of Virginia
- Place of Publication
- Charlottesville
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, NARCISO LOPEZ, US HISTORY, CUBA, CUBANS, CARIBBEAN, GENERAL MILITARY, CLANDESTINE WARFARE, WARS, WAR, LATIN AMERICA, WEST INDIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Us History; General Military;
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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- Fine
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