The Boys From Dolores
Fidel Castro's Schoolmates From Revolution to Exile
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 6, 2008
From the author of Chasing Che, here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history.
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- Who it’s for
- For readers interested in Cuba’s political history and the people shaped by its revolution.
- Themes
- Cuban political history, Revolution and exile, Fidel Castro’s rise
- Genres
- Cuban History, Political Lives, Revolutionary History
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From the author of Chasing Che, here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite Colegio de Dolores for achievement and leadership. Instead, they were swept into war, revolution, and exile by two of their own number, Fidel and Raúl Castro.
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Trained by Jesuits for dialectical dexterity and the pursuit of absolutes, Fidel Castro swiftly destroyed the old Cuba they had come from, down to the hallways of Dolores itself. At once sweeping and intimate, this remarkable history by Patrick Symmes is a tour de force investigation of the world that gave birth to Fidel Castro – and the world his Cuban Revolution leaves behind.
Where it sits
| Cuban History | 84% |
|---|---|
| Revolutionary History | 51% |
| Political Lives | 50% |
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Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Revolutionary History
- Cuban History
- Authors
- Patrick Symmes
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- May 6, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Cuban political history · Revolution and exile · Fidel Castro’s rise
- Reading lane
- Lives in History