Cuba in War Time E-Book

Richard Harding Davis

• Herausgeber: David De Angelis
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Spanisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Before the start of the Spanish-American War, newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst sent star reporter Richard Harding Davis and acclaimed illustrator Frederic Remington to Cuba to cover the simmering rebellion. Remington grew restless at his post and assured his employer that nothing newsworthy was likely to occur; Hearst reputedly replied, "Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."
This controversial 1897 book played an integral part in the United States' involvement in the conflict. Richard Harding Davis was among the most famous and widely read journalists of his era. His sensational reports, which combined a sense of adventure with a highly personal perspective, anticipated the more literary journalism of later decades. Davis's accounts of Spanish atrocities and misconduct helped pave the way for a war that led to the establishment of American colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific. Crackling with energy and drama, these historic and highly readable reports are complemented by 24 of Remington's atmospheric illustrations.

Leseprobe

CUBA IN WAR TIME

BY

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

ILLUSTRATED BY FREDERIC REMINGTON

1897

© David De Angelis 2017 – all rights reserved

CONTENTS

AUTHOR'S NOTE

CUBA IN WAR TIME

THE FATE OF THE PACIFICOS

THE DEATH OF RODRIGUEZ

ALONG THE TROCHA

THE QUESTION OF ATROCITIES

THE RIGHT OF SEARCH OF AMERICAN VESSELS

AUTHOR'S NOTE

After my return from Cuba many people asked me questions concerning the situation there, and I noticed that they generally asked the same questions. This book has been published with the idea of answering those questions as fully as is possible for me to do after a journey through the island, during which I traveled in four of the six provinces, visiting towns, seaports, plantations and military camps, and stopping for several days in all of the chief cities of Cuba, with the exception of Santiago and Pinar del Rio.

Part of this book was published originally in the form of letters from Cuba to the NewYork Journal and in the newspapers of a syndicate arranged by the Journal; theremainder, which was suggested by the questions asked on my return, was written in this country, and appears here for the first time.

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

CUBA IN WAR TIME

When the revolution broke out in Cuba two years ago, the Spaniards at once began to build tiny forts, and continued to add to these and improve those already built, until now the whole island, which is eight hundred miles long and averages eighty miles in width, is studded as thickly with these little forts as is the sole of a brogan with iron nails. It is necessary to keep the fact of the existence of these forts in mind in order to understand the situation in Cuba at the present time, as they illustrate the Spanish plan of campaign, and explain why the war has dragged on for so long, and why it may continue indefinitely.