A new edition of an exclusive collection of Fidel Castro's own remarkably frank writings about his childhood and formative years, exposing the driving forces behind the Cuban Revolution and revealing much about the young Fidel Castro himself. Also includes an extraordinary selection of photos of Fidel as a young child and his final school report. Available in English as My Early Years (ISBN 1-920888-09-8)

Author Biography

Fidel Castro led a guerrilla movement in Cuba that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in 1959. Since then, the Cuban president has been the nemesis of ten U.S. administrations. He stepped down in 2007 but has regularly expressed his views on world events and political personalities in his famous reflections. Deborah Shnookal has also edited the Jose Marti Reader, One Hundred Red Hot Years.