Thursday, June 3
In English: 6:00 PM
In Spanish: 8:00 PMBooks & Authors |
Antonio Rafael de la Cova presents
Cuban Confederate Colonel:
The Life of Ambrosio José
Gonzales
Cuban Confederate Colonel: The Life of
Ambrosio José Gonzales
tells the story of a revolutionary who
figured prominently in both his native
country's struggle against Spain and the
Confederacy's fight for secession.
Immortalized as the first Cuban to shed
blood in the effort to oust the Spanish,
Gonzales (1818–1893) managed to place
himself in the center of hostilities in
both his homeland and in the United
States. In this biography, Antonio Rafael
de la Cova, assistant professor of Latin
American studies at Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana,
examines the Cuban filibuster movement of
the 1840s and 1850s, the American Civil
War, and Southern Reconstruction from
Gonzales's unusual perspective as both a
Cuban and Confederate rebel. In doing so,
de la Cova sheds new light on the
connections between Southern and Cuban
society, the workings of coastal defenses
during the Civil War and the vicissitudes
of Reconstruction for a Cuban expatriate.
This presentation is sponsored by the San
Carlos Institute of Key West and the
Cuban-American Bar Association.
Koubek Memorial Center
2705 SW 3 St, Miami
305-284-6001
Presentation in English at 6:00 PM.
Presentación en español a las 8:00 PM. |
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