Che : images of a revolutionary / compiled by Fernando Diego García, Óscar Sola ; narrative text by Matilde Sánchez ; English version by Richard Whitecross, Troth Wells.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

García, Fernando Diego, 1960-

Sola, Oscar, 1957-

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Guevara, Che, 1928-1967.

Guevara, Che.

Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967.

Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967--Portraits.

Revolutionaries--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Local Subjects:

Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967.

Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967--Portraits.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Pluto Press in association with New Internationalist, [2000]

Summary:

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (1928-67) is the twentieth century's most famous revolutionary. Che grew up in a bohemian family drawn from the landed gentry and went on to train as a physician. As a young doctor his travels in Latin America produced a political awakening that altered the course of his life. He joined the 1952 riots against Juan Peron in Argentina, joined agitators in Bolivia, worked for the pro-Communist regime of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in Guatemala and, when Arbenz was overthrown in 1954, fled to Mexico, where he first met Fidel Castro. Che became one of Castro's closest and most trusted friends, and after the 1956 rebel invasion of Cuba became his chief lieutenant. Che proved to be a resourceful guerrilla leader and was instrumental in establishing the Communist state in Cuba. He continued to foster revolutionary activity in other countries until the time of his death in 1967 when he was captured and executed by government troops in Bolivia while directing a guerrilla group there.

Che: Images of a Revolutionary features nearly 400 photographs -- many of them never previously published. The book follows Che's life from early childhood to his career as a political activist. Writings by Che, including a number of his speeches and examples of the literature written about him, by Fidel Castro, Allen Ginsberg and others, complement the visually stunning photographic collection. The book is a result of exhaustive research in public and private archives in Cuba, Argentina, Bolivia, Europe and North America. A concluding chapter discusses the 'Guevara myth' from his death until the present day.

Contents:

The Hero as a Child 9

A Cross Between Jack London and Baudelaire 16

Adventurous Youth 24

The Call of the Road 33

Fiery Prophet of the Dawn 43

The Sierra in Arms 58

Next Stop Santa Clara 76

Days of Glory 93

The Daily Revolution 112

The Volunteer Minister 131

On the Road Again 148

From an Epic to a Novel 166

The Loneliness of the Guerrillero 170

The Pure Beauty of Death 189

Che in the Sky with Rifles 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 222).

ISBN:

0745317006

OCLC:

44397957