José Martí: A Revolutionary Life (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)
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- Synopsis
- &“The one and only book that treats the nineteenth-century Cuban figure José Martí as a human instead of an idol, an apostle, or an unblemished personality.&” —Tom Miller, author of Revenge of the Saguaro José Martí (1853–1895) was the founding hero of Cuban independence. In all of modern Latin American history, arguably only the &“Great Liberator&” Simón Bolívar rivals Martí in stature and legacy. Today he is revered by both the Castro regime and the Cuban exile community, whose shared veneration of the &“apostle&” of freedom has led to his virtual apotheosis as a national saint. In José Martí: A Revolutionary Life, Alfred J. López presents the definitive biography of the Cuban patriot and martyr. Writing from a nonpartisan perspective and drawing on years of research using original Cuban and U.S. sources, including materials never before used in a Martí biography, López strips away generations of mythmaking and portrays Martí as Cuba&’s greatest founding father and one of Latin America&’s literary and political giants, without suppressing his public missteps and personal flaws. In a lively account that engrosses like a novel, López traces the full arc of Martí&’s eventful life, from his childhood and adolescence in Cuba, to his first exile and subsequent life in Spain, Mexico City, and Guatemala, through his mature revolutionary period in New York City and much-mythologized death in Cuba on the battlefield at Dos Ríos. The first major biography of Martí in over half a century and the first ever in English, José Martí is the most substantial examination of Martí&’s life and work ever published. &“The life, the history and the facts are all here in López&’s volume.&” —The Washington Post
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 431 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780292759350
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781477323779
- Publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/03/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Alfred J. López
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.