The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro
Early in Ann Louise Bardach's Cuban voyage she came across Cartas de Presidio or The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro. Edited by Luis Conte Aguero, who was the recipient of most of these letters, they are cited in every important work from Hugh Thomas' opus Cuba to Tad Szulc's Fidel biography, and everything in between and since. These twenty-one letters (nine to Conte Aguero, six to his late sister and close collaborator, Lidia, one to his wife Mirta, one to his comrade in combat, Melba Hernandez letters, one to the great scholar Jorge Manach) are regarded as the single most valuable and revelat
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Introduction by Ann Louise Bardach; PRISON LETTERS; I. December 12, 1953 To Luis Conte Agüero; II. April 17, 1954 To Melba Hernandez ; III. June 12, 1954 To Luis Conte Agüero; IV. June 19, 1954 To Luis Conte Agüero; V. July 6, 1954 To Luis Conte Agüero; VI. July 17, 1954 To Mirta Diaz-Balart; VII. July 17, 1954 To Luis Conte Agüero; VIII. July 22, 1954 To Lidia Castro Argota; IX. July 31, 1954 To Luis Conte Agüero; X. (undated). To Luis Conte Agüero; XI. August 14, 1954 To Luis Conte Agüero; XII. October 25, 1954 To Lidia Castro; XIII. November 20, 1954 To Lidia Castro. XIV. December 8, 1954 To Lidia Castro XV. December 16, 1054 To Rene Guitart; XVI. February 17, 1955 To Jorge Manach ; XVII. March 13, 1955 to Lidia Castro ; XVIII. March 18, 1955 to Rene Guitart ; XIX. March 1955 To Luis Conte Agüero; XX. March 22, 1955 To Maria Laborde; XXI. May 2, 1955 to Lidia Castro ; Epilogue by Luis Conte Agüero; Cartas del Persidio de Fidel Castro ; Acknowledgments