Nicaragua Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Revolution of Nicaragua and the United States The events of recent occurrence in Nicaragua that obliged me to come to Europe after having resigned the Presidency of the Republic, which I had held for sixteen years have given rise to various comments some of them unfavourable to myself. This fact renders it incumbent upon me to explain matters that the truth may be known in order that, the judgment past upon me by the public may be a just and fair one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from American Policy in Nicaragua To understand the history of our rela tions to Nicaragua, it is necessary for us first to grasp certain geographical, racial and historical conditions of that nation. We Americans, in Considering a foreign political problem are very prone to assume that the conditions which form the back ground Of that problem are the same as our own. In the case of Nicaragua no worse error could be made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Naturalist in Nicaragua Praise so high, from a critic so competent, renders any apology'for the publication of a second edition of the work referred to by Mr. Darwin, needless. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Adventures and Narrow Escapes in Nicaragua In presenting to the public this sketch of Nicaragua, it is not the intention to weary the reader with dry historic facts, and repetition of familiar descriptions, but rather to present the incidents and occurrences of a continued visit in Central America, in 1866, and 1867. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Under the Lone Star: A Story of Revolution in Nicaragua T was the last night in the year 1854 ad, and I, Colin Foster, crouched shiveringly in the doorway of a tumble - down house in a side street of San Francisco. The old year was dying hard - the cruel, sad old year that had worked such woe to me - and all the forces in nature had gathered to attend its obsequies The heavens were obscured by dark clouds; a cold, piercing wind swept the streets with savage fury; the thunder pealed forth, as it were, a solemn death-chant, and occasionally a brilliant, snaky streak of lightning darted through the black cur tain, zigzagging in fantastic lines to the earth. It was bitterly cold, and drawing my poor thin coat tightly across my chest, I crept yet more closely into the angle of the doorway for shelter. Presently a light springy step sounded on the pavement, and the figure Of a man passed before me. The next moment he was struggling fiercely with two other men, Though very young, I had been too long habituated to hardship and danger not to recognize that the passenger was in extreme peril. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Filibuster War in Nicaragua As for the opprobrious and unjust appella tion Filibuster, which attaches to Walker's name and to that of his adherents, and which, while denying its appropriateness, I have adopted in these memoirs, I have explained its origin and cause further on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.