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City of intrigue, nest of revolution : a documentary history of Key West in the nineteenth century / Consuelo E. Stebbins ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stebbins, Consuelo E.
- Series:
- Florida history and culture series
- The Florida history and culture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spaniards.
- Consuls.
- Key West (Fla.)--History--19th century--Sources.
- Key West (Fla.).
- Key West (Fla.)--Politics and government--19th century--Sources.
- Key West (Fla.)--Social conditions--19th century--Sources.
- Consuls--Florida--Key West--Correspondence.
- Consuls--Spain--Correspondence.
- Spaniards--Florida--Key West--Correspondence.
- Key West (Fla.)--Biography.
- Florida--Key West.
- Spain.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007]
- Contents:
- Chronology of Spanish Consuls in Key West xxi
- 1 Navigating the Reefs 1
- 2 Wreck Ashore! 8
- 3 Slave Ships 20
- 4 The Southernmost Port 32
- 5 Military Bases 43
- 6 Contraband 55
- 7 Cuban Smacks 66
- 8 The Great Fire of 1886 77
- 9 Cigar Capital 84
- 10 Rebel Colony 95
- 11 Los Jefes 110
- 12 Nihilists 129
- 13 Murder and Mayhem 144
- 14 Local Politics 165
- 15 Separatists versus Autonomists 177
- 16 Revolutionary Clubs 185
- 17 Tampa 194
- 18 Expeditions 214.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813030500
- 0813030501
- OCLC:
- 80358344
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