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Fire from the Mountain

by Omar Cabezas · 1982

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Omar Cabezas put forth his memoir of his time in the FER and the FSLN during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua against Somoza's National Guard. He detailed his work in the student movement creating a network of the people and later described what he went through to train and become a guerilla fighter.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisNicaraguaNicaraguaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 233 pages

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