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Pombo: A Man of Che's guerrilla
Preface by Mary-Alice Waters, chronology, glossary, index. Appendix: List of Combatants.
Format: Paper
401 Pages
Edition: 1st
Year: 1997
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 978-0-87348-833-4
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