One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution
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One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution
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Overview
The product of ten years of original research, this biography draws on interviews with Sánchez’s friends, family, and comrades in the rebel army, along with countless letters and documents. Biographer Nancy Stout was initially barred from the official archives, but, in a remarkable twist, was granted access by Fidel Castro himself, impressed as he was with Stout’s project and aware that Sánchez deserved a worthy biography. This is the extraordinary story of an extraordinary woman who exemplified the very best values of the Cuban Revolution: selfless dedication to the people, courage in the face of grave danger, and the desire to transform society.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583673171 |
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| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press |
| Publication date: | 04/01/2013 |
| Pages: | 400 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d) |
About the Author
Alice Walker is an author, poet, and activist; she won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her novel The Color Purple.
Table of Contents
Foreword Alice Walker 9
Preface 15
Map 20
Part I Pilón
1 December 1955, A Tap on the Shoulder 25
2 January 6, 1956, Planning the Landing 41
3 January 1956, Frank País 50
4 February-June 1956, A Change of Strategy 57
5 June and October 1956, Final Plans 73
6 October and November 1956, The Last Five Days of November 81
7 December 2, 1956, The Arrival of the Granma 102
8 December 3-5, 1956, Felipe Guerra Matos 112
9 December 5-16, 1956, The Farmers' Militia 117
10 December 18, 1956, How Many Guns? 123
11 January 1957, The Dove and the Zebra 127
12 January 7-February 15, 1957, The Traitor 133
13 February 16 and 17, 1957, The Meeting in the Mountains 143
14 February-March 1956, The Marabuzal 156
Part II Manzanillo
15 March, April, and May 1957, Clandestinos 167
16 May 28, 1957, Battle of Uvero 185
17 July 2, 1957, Thanks to Moran 195
18 July 12, 1957, The Manifesto 201
19 July 31, 1957, The End of an Era 206
20 August 1957, After Frank 216
21 September 5, 1957, The Maps 221
22 September 1957, Chaos 226
Part III Sierra Maestra
23 October 17, 1957, Celia Leaves the Underground 245
24 January-June 1958, Planning War 259
25 June-July 1958, The War 277
26 The House that Celia Built 295
27 August 1958, Mariana Grajales 305
28 September 1958, Lydia and Clodomira 308
29 November 1958, The Triumph 313
Part IV Havana
30 January 1959, Arrival in Havana 325
31 See the Revolution 336
32 The Urban Comandancia and the Zapata Swamp Resort 338
33 Turning Havana into Pilón 351
34 1960-1961, the United Nations 361
35 1961-1963, the Bay of Pigs Invasion 370
36 1964, the Archives 381
37 The Florida Story 383
38 Havana 1965-1970, the Household and the Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor 391
39 The 1970s, the Kids, Lenin Park 406
40 Life at Once 414
41 September-December 1979, Two World Meetings and a Wedding 424
42 January 11, 1980, the Country Is in Mourning 435
Acknowledgments 442
Writings about Celia Sánchez Manduley 443
Select Bibliography/Further Reading 446
Index 459
What People are Saying About This
Engrossing, endearing, and eloquent, this sympathetic and superbly crafted portrait of the ‘True Flower of the Revolution’ unfolds in magnificent detail. Nancy Stout leaves us breathless in admiration for this fearless revolutionary—a brilliant organizer, recruiter, and Fidel Castro’s most precious aide. So intimate is Stout’s well-informed tour de force that the description of Sánchez’s death brings the reader to tears, inspired by a deep sense of love and loss."-Christopher P. Baker, author of Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba and the Moon Cuba Handbook,
"I love this book. Biographer Nancy Stout is to be congratulated for her insightful, mature and sometimes droll exploration of a profoundly liberated, adventuresome and driven personality. I love the life of Celia Sánchez, a life that was singular, sui generis, and true to its time of revolution and change in Cuban society, but also archetypal in its impact and relevance to all times of social struggle and revolt, including this one."-Alice Walker, from her foreword