Cuba in War Time - Couverture souple

David, Richard Harding; Davis, Richard Harding; Richard Harding Davis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596059923 ISBN 13 : 9781596059924

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2006

Synopsis

In a word, the situation in Cuba is something like this: The Spaniards hold the towns, from which their troops daily make predatory raids, invariably returning in time for dinner at night. Around each town is a circle of pacificos doing no work, and for the most part starving and diseased, and outside, in the plains and mountains, are the insurgents. -from Cuba in War Time American author and journalist RICHARD HARDING DAVIS (1864-1916), one of the most popular newspaper writers and novelists at the turn of the 20th century, may well be the source of the image of the dashing war correspondent. He represented the growing power of the press as the mass media's influence was expanding, and this controversial 1898 book is an early example of the manipulative power of the press. Dispatched by William Randolph Hearst to cover the guerilla war in Cuba for Hearst's newspaper the New York Journal, Davis filed vibrant, dramatic reports that may have brought the United States into the conflict, launching the Spanish-American War. Gathered in this book, and illustrated by Frederic Remington, is Davis's account of war-torn Cuba: muscular, adventurous prose about a dangerous time and place filled with a passion that infected his readers and may have changed the course of international affairs

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. He first attracted attention in May to June 1889, by reporting on the devastation of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, following the infamous flood and added to his reputation by reporting on other noteworthy events such as the first electrocution of a criminal (the execution of William Kemmler in 1890). He became a managing editor of Harper's Weekly, and was one of the world's leading war correspondents at the time of the Second Boer War in South Africa. As an American, he had the opportunity to see the war first-hand from both the British and Boer perspectives. Davis also worked as a reporter for the New York Herald, The Times, and Scribner's Magazine.He died of a heart attack on April 11, 1916 while on the telephone.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Illustrations The Death of Rodriguez .F rontispiece AS panish Soldier .. .. 15 Guerrillas with Captured Pacificos .21 AS panish Officer .... 27 Insurgents Firing on Spanish Fort .33 Fire and Sword in Cuba .. 40 AS panish Guerrilla .... 45 Murdering the Cuban Wounded .51 Bringing in the Wounded .. -58 Young Spanish Officer .. .63 The Cuban Martyrdom ... 69 Regular Cavalryman Spanish .76 One of the Block Houses .. .81 Spanish Cavalry
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1596059923
• ISBN 13: 9781596059924
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible