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Anita Garibaldi A Biography
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Anthony Valerio
ISBN: 0-275-96937-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96937-0
248 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2000
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £86.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Illiterate and poor, the daughter of a herdsman in 19th century Brazil, Anita Ribeiro was lifted from a life of obscurity to one that is the stuff of romance and adventure. When she and a young Italian exile by the name of Captain Garibaldi met in 1839, they joined in the cause of founding a Brazilian republic. Later they went on to lead the defense of Montevideo from an Argentine siege—just one episode among many in their idealistic, nationalistic crusade in a time of immense revolutionary upheaval. It was Anita who taught Garibaldi the guerrilla ways of the gauchos, and they lived as man and wife through a series of adventure and wars. Returning to Italy in 1848 to fight for a united republican Italy, as revolution swept throughout Europe, Anita and Garibaldi were tragically separated by her untimely death the following year. Garibaldi went on to ultimate fame as the father of modern Italy—while Anita's story drifted into the mists of legend. This book, the first full biography of the remarkable life of Anita Garibaldi, tells the true story of a fascinating and important woman.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Brazil (1821-1841)
    A Childhood
    A Girl without a Father
    The Gift of Land
    Revolution in Exchange
    Night Moves
    Occupation amid Cheers
    Saudade, or the Sadness of Parting
    From Tempest to Calm
    Courtship Under Fire
    The Agony of Happiness
    Combat at Sea
    Defend and Retreat
    Garibaldi's Treasure
    Shadows of Memory
    Guerrilla Chief
    Menotti, Child of Victory
    Disastrous Retreat
    Uruguay (1841-1848)
    Montevideo, Big City
    An Honest Woman
    Battles with Brown
    Under Siege
    The Red Shirt
    Jealousy
    The Virtue of Darkness
    A World of Gracious Things
    The Glory of Salto
    Fame
    Passage to Italy
    Italy (1848-1849)
    A Woman of Leisure
    Speranza, or Hope
    The Lago Maggiore Campaign
    Mr. & Mrs. Risso
    Reunion in Rieti
    Rome
    House of the Four Winds
    End of a Dream
    The Retreat (July-August 1849)
    The Hunted
    Decline
    San Marino
    Cesenatico
    Anita's Death
    Epilogue
    Index
About the Author: Anthony Valerio is the author of four books and numerous articles./e He has taught at New York University and the City University of New York.
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