Engle, Margarita.
The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom / Margarita Engle. - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008. - 169 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168)
The names of the flowers, 1850-51 -- The Ten Years War, 1868-78 -- The Little War, 1878-80 -- The War of Independence, 1895-98 -- The surrender tree, 1898-99.
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
0805086749 (hardcover) : 9780805086744 (hardcover) :
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2007027591
Children's poetry, American.
American poetry.
Cuba--History--1810-1899--Poetry.
811 En35
The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom / Margarita Engle. - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008. - 169 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168)
The names of the flowers, 1850-51 -- The Ten Years War, 1868-78 -- The Little War, 1878-80 -- The War of Independence, 1895-98 -- The surrender tree, 1898-99.
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
0805086749 (hardcover) : 9780805086744 (hardcover) :
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2007027591
Children's poetry, American.
American poetry.
Cuba--History--1810-1899--Poetry.
811 En35