The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

The Second Year of the Second War

3 pages in this part of The Story of Cuba.

The Second Year of the Second War

The condition of the Country Approaching the Second Rainy Season of the Struggle--Why the War-Cry went forth in February--The Sagacity of…

The Second Year of the Second War: Campos

As Gomez marched, the smoke of burning cane darkened the air and signaled far and wide that the tide of war rolled steadily west. Campos…

The Second Year of the Second War: Maceo

As the month of April closes, we hear little of Gomez compared with that which circulates about Maceo, and whether Maceo is in a desperate…

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