On captivity : a spanish soldier's experience in a Havana prison, 1896-1898

Ciges Aparicio, Manuel 1873-1936 (Author). Walker, D. J. (Dolores J.), 1936- (Added Author).

Summary: On Captivity is the first translation into English of Del Cautiverio, Manuel Ciges Aparicio's account of his imprisonment in the notorious La Cabaña fortress in Havana during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-98). Ciges enlisted in the Spanish army in 1893 at the age of twenty. He served in Africa and then in Cuba, where he opposed Spanish General Valeriano Weyler's policies in Cuba as well as the war itself. Ciges soon found himself imprisoned and facing execution for treason as punishment for an article critical of Weyler's conducting of the war that was intercepted by Spanish author.

Record details

ISBN: 9780817317690
ISBN: 0817317694
ISBN: 081738622X
ISBN: 9780817386221
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages)
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Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; Part II; Part III; Appendix: Manuel Ciges Aparicio's Intercepted Letter to Henri Rochefort, Editor of L'Intransigeant; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.