This is the story of the Cuban residents of nineteenth-century Key West, Florida, and their struggle to liberate Cuba, as told by Spanish consuls.
José Dolores Poyo (1836-1911) was an activist, publisher, social critic, fundraiser, and foundational figure in the campaign for Cuban independence from Spain. His leadership and his mantra--""adelante la revolución"" (forward the revolution)--mobilized an insurrectionist moveme…
Poyo fought from afar for Cuban freedom for decades and by 1898 was considered to be the leader of the Cuban nationalist political movement in Key West. This book provides an intimate portrait of this place and time in Cuba and Florida's shared history.
Poyo fought from afar for Cuban freedom for decades and by 1898 was considered to be the leader of the Cuban nationalist political movement in Key West. This book provides an intimate portrait of this place and time in Cuba and Florida's shared history
Poyo fought from afar for Cuban freedom for decades and by 1898 was considered to be the leader of the Cuban nationalist political movement in Key West. This book provides an intimate portrait of this place and time in Cuba and Florida's shared history.
Poyo fought from afar for Cuban freedom for decades and by 1898 was considered to be the leader of the Cuban nationalist political movement in Key West. This book provides an intimate portrait of this place and time in Cuba and Florida's shared history. José Dolores Poyo (1836-…
Network of bones: conjuring Key West and the Florida Keys
by Morey, Sean
fromA Wardlaw book
Foreword / by M. Jimmie Killingsworth -- Acknowledgments -- Florida City -- The backcountry -- Island choragraphy -- Mile marker -- Bridges -- Wrecks -- Margaritaville -- To have and have not -- We'll cook your catch -- The sun also sets -- Bonefishing in the underworld
Both a far-removed place of refuge for the fringe of society and a high-status vacation destination, the Keys remain a legendary yet fragile place, still threatened by a human-made disaster, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Likewise, Key West, Florida, can be many things to…
"A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real kill…
"A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real kill…
"A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real kill…