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..., the author’s uncle, rather than Woodrow Wilson is the focal point. William Teitelbaum sincerely believed that he played a decisive role in averting war between the United States and Mexico. In this work a doting nephew attempts to substantiate the accounts that enthralled him as a youth, and to provide through...

... are necessary because Argüello wrote from memory and sometimes was guilty of basic inaccuracies. Manuel Argüello Mora was born in Costa Rica in 1834 and was raised by his uncle, Juan Rafael Mora. Graduated from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, he returned to Costa Rica to enjoy a minor judgeship...

... a television show about important events in Haiti’s history. His uncle Hénock was a leading historian who served as director of the National Archives of Haiti during Trouillot’s youth. He was part of a remarkable group of siblings: his brother Lyonel Trouillot is one of Haiti’s most important contemporary...

... faithful reproduction of the results of biographical research done by Raúl Porras Barrenechea. Porras has shown convincingly that there is much exaggeration in the image of a poverty-stricken, rejected Garcilaso. Almost adopted by his nobleman uncle, Garcilaso lived in Spain as a gentleman, eventually...

.... Scholes was born in Bradford, Illinois, on July 26, 1916. Between 1938 and 1943, he received three degrees, including a doctorate, from the University of Michigan. An early interest in Colonial Latin American history was inspired by his distinguished uncle, France V. Scholes. Later on, the nephew’s...

..., at least 30 abolitionist performances occurred at the Santa Isabel Theater, defined here as including dramas that were explicitly against slavery, such as presentations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin , or those such as Senespleda’s benefit concert, where the event was unambiguously connected to abolitionist...

... first practiced law with Rodolfo Reyes, son of the caudillo of Nuevo León and a fellow student of Cabrera at the National Law School, and then from 1909 to 1912 with the firm of William A. McLaren and Rafael Hernández, the wealthy and conservative uncle of Francisco Madero. Cabrera was one...

... anecdote, the depiction of human behavior in high politics, and for wry humor. As his student, I recall vividly the occasion on which his famous uncle Allen Dulles, then retired, accompanied his nephew to class one afternoon. Professor Dulles was in the middle of a humorous tale about the particularly...

... was the occasion for this mini-biography of the victory over the British at Pensacola in 1781. José Rodulfo Boeta, a journalist and malagüeño , weaves the illustrious careers of uncle José and father Matías into an engaging life of Bernardo as Apache fighter, suitor to a beautiful New Orleans heiress...

..., Andrew saves the lives of Carlotta’s physician and a baron of the court of King Leopold. Ignoring the written warning of their uncle, Andrew and Sally become very much involved in court life at Chapultepec and Cuernavaca, when Andrew tries unsuccessfully to cure Carlotta of sterility, and Sally...

... with the ability to approach history with a more rational, objective and dispassionate view” may profit, but only modestly, from some of the author’s insights into the apparently complex, contradictory and peripatetic nature of Orlando Letelier. Edmundo del Solar, uncle of the late Allendista cabinet member...

... daughter: “O. K., we’re one-quarter Jewish, but we’re proud of it, because that’s where all the money comes from” (p. 479). One is bound to admire Uncle Sol’s machismo if not his potency, and the honesty of the daughter if not her tolerance. This is an enjoyable book about a most unusual family. ...

...% 7.33% Appointed representative 10.67% 2.67% Grandparent 19.33% 2.67% Aunt, uncle, or sibling 5.33% 24.67% Nonrelative 3.33% 14.00% No adults mentioned 4.00% 22.67% Source : Archivo General de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Tribunales Civil; Archivo General de los Tribunales...

.... At least 17 men in Spain, but none in the Indies, held dowry appointments in 1808. Positions held by close relatives on audiencias and councils provide a final area of comparison between appointees to the Spanish and American courts. At least 30 audiencia ministers in Spain in 1750 had fathers, uncles...

... in Texas, the military and political condition of the province at that time, his relationship with his uncle, Nemesio Salcedo, the commandant general of the Eastern Interior Provinces, and Texas’ problems with its eastern neighbor, the United States. Most revealing of Almaráz’ deep knowledge of his subject...

... established his personal force, the Ton Ton Macoute, translated as “Uncle Big Stick.” Since vaudun permeates Haitian life, while French culture is but a residue, Katherine Dunham performs a great service in describing her own personal experience with vaudun ritual. She also conducted brave enquiries...

... the Bunau-Varilla story. Anguizola met Bunau-Varilla over forty years ago, and a book about Bunau-Varilla has been germinating in his mind ever since. This study is enthusiastic and personal. Anguizola was born and reared in Panama. He knows the land, and his father, uncles, grandmother, and personal...

... “The Mighty Sparrow,” the most dominant calypsonian of the Trinidad carnival for the past twenty-seven years? Why include Accompong, but not Nanny Town or More Town in reference to the Jamaica maroons? On what basis is the breadfruit included, but not the ackee; Roots , but not Uncle Toms Cabin? Two...

...José Cuello Copyright 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 Father Eugene H. Korth died of cancer in Milwaukee on July 28, 1987 at the age of 69. He was born on November 23, 1917 in Mankato, Minnesota to a German-Norwegian family with a strong religious tradition. Two uncles on his mother’s...

... of Portugal died unmarried and childless, aged twenty-four, at the battle of Alcazarquivir in 1578. His great-uncle Cardinal Henry, who took the throne briefly, was an understandably poor prospect for continuing the House of Beja, and when the aged celibate died in 1580 Philip II seized Portugal. Despite some...