The pearl of the Antilles or an artist in Cuba.
by GOODMAN, Walter
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About This Item
Londres: Henry S. King & Co, 1873. 206x139mm. (8x5½").. Londres, Henry S. King & Co, 1873. En 4º (206 x 139)mm. xiv-304 pp. Encuadernación editorial entera con estampación en oro. Primera edición. The Pearl of the Antilles or An Artist in Cuba is a personal yet detailed and nuanced snapshot of Cuba in the long-ago time and place of the late 1800s. Written by Walter Goodman and published in 1873 in a very limited edition, this is an account of his life in Cuba during its time of peace before his departure in 1864 prior to the beginnings of conflict with Spain (culminating in the Ten Years' War, a period referring to Cuba's fight for independence from Spain).Contents: "A Cuban Welcome, Daily Life in Cuba, Art-Patronage in Cuba, A Cuban 'Velorio,' Cuban Models, Cuban Beggars
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- Librería José Porrúa Turanzas (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The pearl of the Antilles or an artist in Cuba.
- Author
- GOODMAN, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Henry S. King & Co
- Place of Publication
- Londres
- Date Published
- 1873
- Size
- 206x139mm. (8x5½").
- Keywords
- america; americana; cuba; caribe
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