Who was Che Guevara?
Author | : Ellen Labrecque |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
ISBN-10 | : 1518269044 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781518269042 |
Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Viva la revolucion! Find out how Che Guevara--a doctor turned communist leader and much more than a face on a T-shirt--ended up paying the ultimate price for his cause. His very image has become associated with a spirit of rebellion, but Ernesto Guevara--known around the world simply as Che--didn't dream of becoming a revolutionary. Author Ellen Labrecque takes readers on a journey through Che's life starting with his childhood in Argentina, to his travels through South and Central America as a youngphysician, and ending with his final years as a key player in the Cuban revolution. His legacy--as the author of The Motorcycle Diaries, a champion of the poor, and a force for change in Cuba--is both personal and political"--