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Book

The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom

Call Number

  • *J 811 ENGL (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.

Physical Description

169 p. ; 21 cm.

Summary

Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.

Contents

  • The names of the flowers, 1850-51
  • The Ten Years War, 1868-78
  • The Little War, 1878-80
  • The War of Independence, 1895-98
  • The surrender tree, 1898-99.

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