Colonel Henry Theodore Titus - Antebellum Soldier of Fortune and Florida Pioneer

Informationen zum Autor A native of Havana, Antonio Rafael de la Cova teaches history, African American studies, and Latin American anthropology at the University of South Carolina Columbia. He holds a Ph.D. in history from West Virginia University and is the author of two books published by the University of South Carolina Press, Cuban Confederate Colonel: The Life of Ambrosio José Gonzales and The Moncada Attack: Birth of the Cuban Revolution, and numerous essays on nineteenth-century military filibusters. Klappentext Henry Theodore Titus (1822-1881) was the quintessential adventurer, soldier of fortune, and small-time entrepreneur, a man for whom any frontier was an opportunity for advancement. In this first full-length biography of Titus, Antonio Rafael de la Cova reveals a man whose life and adventures offer glimpses into nineteenth-century America not often examined. Zusammenfassung Henry Theodore Titus (1822-1881) was the quintessential adventurer, soldier of fortune, and small-time entrepreneur, a man for whom any frontier was an opportunity for advancement. In this first full-length biography of Titus, Antonio Rafael de la Cova reveals a man whose life and adventures offer glimpses into nineteenth-century America not often examined.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Rafael de la Cova, Antonio Rafael De LA Cova
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781611176568
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-656-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration