A Few Good Men PDF
356 Pages·1988·42.3325 MB·other
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Augusto Cesar Sandino, who lent his name to the modern Sandinista
government in Nicaragua, is at the center of this brisk, suspenseful
novel set in 1931, when U.S. marines were still stationed in the Central
American country. Sandino's rebel forces are at odds with the occupying
Americans when Kate Kelly, the feisty teenage daughter of the American
consul, accidentally stumbles upon Sandino and Carlton Wills, the Nation
correspondent, as they observe the American fleet harbored at
Bluefields from the hills near the seaport on Nicaragua's east coast.
Intending to use her as a hostage, Sandino takes Kate prisoner and
absconds. Trailing them west from Bluefields to Managua and points north
are Lt. K. L. Magnusson, a Marine sent to assassinate Sandino, the
consul, a noted American general and his troops. Ominously in the
background are the cruel guardia troops of General Anastasio Somoza
Garcia. Although the narrative has the ingredients of a contemporary
adventure novelcar chases, pursuits by sea and rail, an intervening
earthquakethe mix of real and historical figures, and the accuracy of
detail, lift it above the common run. Overgard ( Shanghai Tango )
captures the bravado of American soldiers who owed more to the legacy of
Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders than to the powerful army Franklin
Roosevelt would assemble a decade later. Though the author waffles on
his political sympathies until the end, the novel vigorously recreates
historical events that shed light on the current scene.
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