Che: A Graphic Biography

(2009)

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Sid Jacobson; Ernie Colón

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Che

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Sid Jacobson; Ernie Colón

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We dedicate this book to our wives, Ruth Ashby Colón and Shure Jacobson, who were always there to share the worst and enjoy the best

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Chapter 1: The Motorcycle Diarist (Table of Contents: 14)

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Sid Jacobson

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non-fiction; biography

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Alberto Granado; police; doctors; poor people; Celia de la Serna; Guevara Lynch; Carlos Ferrer; night clubbers; Indian miners

Synopsis

Well-to-do Ernesto Guevara earns his M.D., careers around South America on a motorcycle, writes about his experiences, and enjoys the high life. But over time he becomes convicted by the horrible inequities that he observes.

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• in Che - Een grafische biografie (Karakter Uitgevers, 2011 series) (2011)

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Argentina; Bolivia; lepers; leprosy; motorcycle; South America

Chapter 2: The Plight of Latin America, 1953 (Table of Contents: 15)

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Juan Perón; Eva Perón; Carlos Ibáñez del Campo; Jorge Eliécer Gaitán; William Walker; Jorge Ubico; Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán; Carlos Castillo Armas

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Reviews the condition of Latin American countries in 1953.

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Central America; Latin America; South America

Chapter 3: Back on the Road (Table of Contents: 16)

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Sid Jacobson

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Carlos Ferrer [Calica]; Gualo García; Hilda Gadea; Jacobo Árbenz; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Mao Tse-Tung; Raúl Castro; Fidel Castro

Synopsis

The plight of poor people in Central America at last drives Che away from his hedonism, but he still pursues an essentially parasitic relationship with Hilda. He tries to fight in Honduras against a U.S.-backed coup. After meeting the Castro brothers he joins them as they sail for Cuba to foment revolution.

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Central America; Could War; coup; Cuba; Honduras; revolution

Chapter 4: Cuba (Table of Contents: 17)

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Sid Jacobson

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Raúl Castro; Fidel Castro; Herbert Matthews; Robert Taber; government soldiers; rebel soldiers; members of the Cuban Liberation Junta; Ovido Díaz Rodríguez; Aleida

Synopsis

After making his first kill, Che becomes an enthusiastic commander and rises high in the rebel ranks. With skillful military and propaganda advances, Fidel gains victory in Cuba.

Keywords

communism; communist; Cuba; guerilla; revolution

Chapter 5: Victory (Table of Contents: 18)

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Raúl Castro; Fidel Castro; rebel soldiers; Aleida; Manuel Urrutia; Nikita Kruschev; Dwight D. Eisenhower

Synopsis

As Fidel takes power in Cuba, he downplays the radicals Che and Raúl in public, but quickly crushes dissent, subordinates power to himself, and publicly embraces Communism. Che receives honors and goes on a round-the-world mission. Eisenhower breaks off ties with Cuba.

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Cold War; Communism; Communist; Cuba

Chapter 6: Crisis After Crisis (Table of Contents: 19)

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Sid Jacobson

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Fidel Castro; Nikita Kruschev; Alberto Granado; Richard Goodwin; John F. Kennedy; Cuban exiles; people of Cuba

Synopsis

Castro survives the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. But Che wants to export revolution, while Castro preaches peaceful coexistence.

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Bay of Pigs; Cold War; Communism; Communist; Cuba; Cuban Missile Crisis

Chapter 7: The Revolutionary (Table of Contents: 20)

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Fidel Castro; people of Cuba; Simón Bolivár; José de San Martín; Eduardo Hughes; Malcolm X; Soviet leaders

Synopsis

Inspired by Bolivár and San Martín, Che meets anti-colonialist leaders, agitates for revolution in Latin America, and sharply rebukes Soviet leaders. Perhaps exasperated by his fractious follower, Fidel sends him to command Cuban guerrillas in the Congo.

Keywords

Cold War; Communism; Communist; Cuba

Chapter 8: The Congo Misadventure (Table of Contents: 21)

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che] [Tato]; Fidel Castro; Papi Tamayo; Victor Dreke; Congolese rebels; Cuban soldiers; Osmany Cienfuegos; Larent Matoudidi; Moise Tshombe; Mike Hoare mercenaries

Synopsis

Congolese troops resent a white foreign leader, while their lackadaisical manners infuriate Che. Despite a peace settlement Che tries to continue the struggle but is hunted down by government troops until he flees across Lake Tanganyika, leaving many of his men behind to be captured or killed. He goes into hiding.

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Guerrilla; mercenaries; mercenary; the Congo

Chapter 9: The Last Chapter (Table of Contents: 22)

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara] [Ramón] [Adolfo Mena González]; Aleida; Fidel Castro; Cuban guerrillas; Loro Vazquez-Viana; Mario Monje Molina; Bolivian soldiers; Bolivian guerrillas; René Barrientos; Ralph Shelton [Pappy Shelton]; Felix Rodríguez; Gustavo Villoldo

Synopsis

Castro sends Che to lead a rebellion in Bolivia. But the group is riven, and Bolivian Communist leaders reject him. Bolstered by C.I.A. personnel and anti-Castro Cuban exiles, the Bolivian army hunts Che down, destroys his detachment, and kills him.

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Bolivia; C.I.A.; Cold War; Communism; Communist; counter-insurgency; firing squad; Green Berets; revolution

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Humberto Fontova; Ariel Dorfman; Paul Berman; Greg Grandin; Jeff Browitt; Henry Butterfield Ryan

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During his life and perhaps more since his death, Che Guevara has elicited controversy and diverse opinions of what he was and what he represented.

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]

Chronology of a Revolutionary (Table of Contents: 24)

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]

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Acknowledgments

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Includes back cover

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Stan Lee; Mark Singer; Julia Keller

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Praise for Che: A Graphic Biography

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna [Che Guevara]; Alberto Granado

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