Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... Cuban country life , and the origin of the first Cuban flag . From the great American press which daily chronicled the events of the war as it progressed , I have been enabled to gather much valuable authentic information for this ...
... Cuban country life , and the origin of the first Cuban flag . From the great American press which daily chronicled the events of the war as it progressed , I have been enabled to gather much valuable authentic information for this ...
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... MORE AMERICAN MARTYR , 52 · CHAPTER V. THE WIDOW'S STRUGGLE , 72 CHAPTER VI . A SCRAP OF CUBAN HISTORY , 83 CHAPTER VII . AT SANTIAGO ,. 106 CHAPTER VIII . BUMBOAT KATE'S DAUGHTER , 195 zii TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER IX . PAGE FERNANDO'S.
... MORE AMERICAN MARTYR , 52 · CHAPTER V. THE WIDOW'S STRUGGLE , 72 CHAPTER VI . A SCRAP OF CUBAN HISTORY , 83 CHAPTER VII . AT SANTIAGO ,. 106 CHAPTER VIII . BUMBOAT KATE'S DAUGHTER , 195 zii TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER IX . PAGE FERNANDO'S.
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... Cuban army , was proscribed , and a reward offered for him by the Spanish Government . A few weeks before the dissolution of the firm of Parker & Stevens , Fernando received a letter , which had been smuggled through the lines , from ...
... Cuban army , was proscribed , and a reward offered for him by the Spanish Government . A few weeks before the dissolution of the firm of Parker & Stevens , Fernando received a letter , which had been smuggled through the lines , from ...
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... must soon fade forever from view , and be lost in the de- cay of the picturesque . " The very first glance at Cuba's purple , mountain - peaked shores impresses one strangely . When old Morro Castle looms up above the 6 CUBA LIBRE .
... must soon fade forever from view , and be lost in the de- cay of the picturesque . " The very first glance at Cuba's purple , mountain - peaked shores impresses one strangely . When old Morro Castle looms up above the 6 CUBA LIBRE .
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... Cuban house embodied the idea of protec- tion , and was practically a one- or two - story castle , which could not have been taken without an heroic siege . The doors were bullet - proof , and their size and strength precluded the idea ...
... Cuban house embodied the idea of protec- tion , and was practically a one- or two - story castle , which could not have been taken without an heroic siege . The doors were bullet - proof , and their size and strength precluded the idea ...
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Aibonito American answered arms army asked battle Bayamo beautiful began boat brave Bumboat Camaguey camp captain Captain-General castle Cervera Cespedes coast Colonel Marti command Constellino cruiser Cuba Cuba Libre Cuban danger dark deck Don Manuel door enemy ensign eyes face father Fernando Stevens fight filibuster fire flag fleet gazing George Stevens guardia civil guns hand harbor Havana heart hope insurgents island José Marti knew land leftenant Lieutenant Stevens look Manila miles Mirs Bay Morro mother Nathan never night officer Parker patriots port Puerto Rico reached Roosevelt Rough Riders sailors San Juan San Juan Heights Santiago Santiago de Cuba seemed Senada señor Señorita sent shells ship shore shot side silence smoke soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish stone strange thought thousand told took troops turned vessels Viola volunteers wife wounded young