7 books one should read on the Argentine Marxist Revolutionary.
The Motorcycle Diaries: The memoir traces the early travels of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, while he was a 23-year-old medical student, and his friend Alberto Granado, a 29-year-old biochemist. The book traces their journey on a 1939 Norton 500cc as they set out to explore a South America they only knew in books. The book has been described as a classic coming-of-age story: a voyage of adventure and self-discovery that is both political and personal
Guerrilla Warfare: A military handbook written by the revolutionary and published in 1961, the book draws upon Guevara's personal experience as a guerrilla soldier during the Cuban Revolution, generalizing for readers who would undertake guerrilla warfare in their own countries.
Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War: An autobiographical book by Che Guevara, it traces his experiences during the Cuban Revolution to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
Killing Che: The Chuck Pfarrer novel is a fictive thriller about the action-packed hunt for history’s most infamous rebel insurgent: Che Guevara. The book is a stunning re-creation of a conflict that sealed the fates of one of the 20th centuries most complex political figures, whose death only got him immortality ion popular culture
The Death of Che Guevara: The Jay Cantor novel draws on history, myth, and his own prodigious imagination to take on the life and death of revolutionary icon Che Guevara as it traces the journey of the scion of a liberal Argentine family who abandoned a medical career to become a revolutionary. The book also offers a look at Latin America’s revolutionary struggles apart from the life of Guevara himself.
Che Wants to See You: The Untold Story of Che Guevara: The book by Che's right-hand man Ciro Bustos shares the story that perhaps, only he is able to recount — what really happened in Bolivia in 1967 and why he did not betray Che. The book is a riveting memoir of revolution in South America by Che Guevara’s Argentine lieutenant.
All You Need To Know About Che Guevara
1)Che Guevara's real name is Ernesto Guevara De La Serna Lynch
2)The "Lynch" last name may surprise you since he was Irish on his father's side
3)His nickname was 'Chancho' (pig) in school because he didn't like to shower a lot
4)In contrast to what many people believe, he wasn't Cuban. He was Argentinian
5)He became a doctor in 1953 after he completed his education. Leprosy was his speciality
6)After the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro assigned himself as the Minister of Finance
7)After the Cuban revolution, Che continued fighting for the revolution of Bolivia and the Congo
8)Che, Fidel Castro, and Ernest Hemingway used to go fishing together
9)When the USA placed nuclear missiles in Turkey and the Soviet Union in Cuba; a world crisis started. The world was threatened with the nuclear weapons of two big powers in October 1962. As a consequence, Che resigned from his duties because he was uncomfortable with Castro's policies. He also gave up his Cuban citizenship.
10)His United Nations talk in 1964 in New York was on the racism problems of the USA
11)Che travelled the entire American continent in his Motorcycle
''I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."
14)According to the research by the Maryland Art Institute, this iconic image of Che is the most famous photo of all time
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