Salvador Allende
Hedda Garza
Follows the life of the man who served in Chile as the first Marxist to be freely elected to lead a nation of the Western Hemisphere, until military leaders overthrew his government in 1973.
Read Time: ~1.9 hr
François & Jean-Claude Duvalier
by Erin Condit (1989)
About this book
Traces the lives of the man who served as president of Haiti from 1957 to 1971 and his son who succeeded him as president until his overthrow in 1986.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreFrançois & Jean-Claude Duvalier Lead Character
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