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The Sword Was Their Passport: A History of American Filibustering in the Mexican Revolution by Warren, Harris Gaylord - 1943
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The Sword Was Their Passport: A History of American Filibustering in the Mexican Revolution
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Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; 286pp; DJ age-toned with edgewear, a short tears, minor chipping & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright with a few scuffs at edges, endpapers illustrated with map, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on half-title page. Exciting account of a robust period in American history which culminated in the acquisition of Texas, devoted chiefly to the Gutierrez-Magee expedition of 1812-1813, Toledo's fiasco on the Sabine in 1814, Mina's invasion of Mexico from 1816-1817, the plot of the French exiles a year later, and the futile activities of Dr. James Long from 1819 to 1821.
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Biografia del medico y cientifico cubano.Tomás Romay y Chacón (21 de diciembre de 1764, La Habana, Cuba - 30 de marzo de 1849, La Habana, Cuba) fue un distinguido médico cubano. Se le considera el primer higienista e iniciador de la ciencia médica en Cuba. Introdujo una visión científica de los problemas de la Medicina e impulsó la modernización de la Medicina clínica, en la Universidad de La Habana.libro escrito por.José López Sánchez. Historiador médico en general y en particular erudito investigador de la historia de la medicina cubana. Graduado en 1938 de Doctor en Medicina en la Universidad de La Habana, ejerció como especialista en piel y sífilis. Ocupó los cargos de Viceministro de Salud Pública y Vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Fue el fundador y el primer director del Museo de Historia de las Ciencias "Carlos J. Finlay" y Embajador de Cuba en varios países. Fue miembro de Honor de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia de la Medicina, de la Sociedad Cubana de…
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THE SWORD WAS THEIR PASSPORT: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN FILIBUSTERING IN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
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Forbes Burnham: National Reconciliation and National Unity 1984-1985
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Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present
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Georgetown, Guyana: Fr. Andrew Morrison, SJ, June 1998. Trade Paperback. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Unmarked. Spine heavily creased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. 419 pages.The only book to date that can be read to understand the period of Forbes Burnham's control of Guyana is this superb work by Jesuit priest, Father Andrew Morrison, the former editor of the Catholic Standard, the official paper of the Catholic Church in Guyana. It is essential reading to get a glimpse of how an unelected government can destroy a country.
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Destellos historicos episodios y biografias guerras de independencia de cuba 1895-1898 por gerardo castellanos primera edicion habana cuba 1925 signed [dedicado por el autor].biografias,cronicas y relatos de la guerra cubano hispano-norteamericana de 1895-1898.magistralmente narrados por.Gerardo Castellanos García. [cayo hueso 1879-guanabacoa,la habana 1956].Escritor, periodista, investigador de temas cubanos.Nació en Cayo Hueso, Estados Unidos el 21 de octubre de 1879, hijo de padres cubanos, creció en el medio tabacalero de la inmigración, hizo sus estudios en esa nación y se vinculó con la clase que tanto hizo en favor de la independencia cubana, vino a Cuba en 1899, con perfiles culturales diversos, se interesó en los estudios de piano y de >violín con el mismo ímpetu que en los de historia.Su obra es de referencia obligada para los estudiosos de los temas cubanos, de la gesta libertadora y de las personalidades de la guerra de la independencia, entre otros.Tiene a su cargo una obra…
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