1810-1899

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1810-1899

Isla de Leones

el guerrero cubano de las palabras
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.

Isla de Leones

el guerrero cubano de las palabras
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.

The surrender tree

poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom
A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed.

Lion Island

Cuba's warrior of words
2016
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.

The lightning dreamer

Cuba's greatest abolitionist
2015
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.

The surrender tree

poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom
2008
A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed.

The history of Cuba

2003
Traces the history of Cuba, from its earliest days as a Spanish colony, through its wars for independence and the United States occupation in the twentieth century.

Jose Marti

Cuban patriot and poet
1996
A biography of the famous writer and poet who inspired Cubans to fight for their freedom from the Spanish.
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