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The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
The Lightning Dreamer Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
Author: Margarita Engle
?I find it so easy to forget / that I?m just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts.? — Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780544541122
ISBN-10: 054454112X
Publication Date: 9/15/2015
Pages: 192
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Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Paperback
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