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The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom / Margarita Engle.

By: Engle, Margarita.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: 169 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0805086749 (hardcover) :; 9780805086744 (hardcover) :.Subject(s): Children's poetry, American | American poetry | Cuba -- History -- 1810-1899 -- PoetryDDC classification: 811/.54
Contents:
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.
A Junior Library Guild selection.Summary: Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
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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.

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