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Cuba with Pen and Pencil
Samuel Hazard
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Description for Cuba with Pen and Pencil
Paperback. Takes the reader through the historic fortresses and mansions of Havana, the tropical city of Santiago de Cuba, and the plantations and mountains of the island's countryside. This edition explores the sugar industry, and Cuba's other economic activities. It describes the island's flora and fauna, its varied topography, and its varied social life. Num Pages: 356 pages, 200line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
In 1866, worn out by fighting in the American Civil War, the writer Samuel Hazard arrived in Cuba to begin work on a guidebook to the island. Over a period of several months, as his health recovered, he travelled throughout what was then still a Spanish colony, observing and recording daily life. The result is one of the most complete and evocative portrayals of colonial Cuban life, written in the decade when the first concerted struggle for independence was already under way. Hazard's sympathies were clearly with the pro-independence "patriots", but his main aim was to produce a complete overview ... Read more
In 1866, worn out by fighting in the American Civil War, the writer Samuel Hazard arrived in Cuba to begin work on a guidebook to the island. Over a period of several months, as his health recovered, he travelled throughout what was then still a Spanish colony, observing and recording daily life. The result is one of the most complete and evocative portrayals of colonial Cuban life, written in the decade when the first concerted struggle for independence was already under way. Hazard's sympathies were clearly with the pro-independence "patriots", but his main aim was to produce a complete overview ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955207
SKU
V9781904955207
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Ref
99-5
About Samuel Hazard
SAMUEL HAZARD (1834-1876) was a Philadelphia-born writer and illustrator. He was also the author of Santo Domingo, Past and Present (1873).
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