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All Cubans agree on one thing: José Martí is the "Father of Cuba." He was and remains Cuba's national hero. Cubans from all walks life simply call him "The Apostle."Poet, political philosopher, statesman, novelist, journalist, translator, and firebrand revolutionary, Martí was the driving force behind the final Cuban insurrection against Spanish rule in the late nineteenth century.This young adult biography begins with Martí's origins in the mid-nineteenth century Cuba, which was then among the last of Spain's New World possessions. Next, the narrative traces his one-track mission into adulthood as a firebrand, intellectual radical who dies a martyr's death while fighting in Cuba.
Martí's remarkable talents emerged in his boyhood. A revulsion against slavery in Cuba and Spain's oppressive rule evoked powerful moral response in him. Havana's revolutionary circles drew him in and turned him into a radical in his early teens. Unjustly convicted, imprisoned, and
