Fidel Castro: Cuban Revolutionary

By Brendan January

Son of a successful sugarcane grower, Fidel Castro spent his early years in the rural Biran district of Cuba. He was sent away to school at the age of five. While at school, Castro showed an interest in history and military matters. He attended high school in Havana where he was involved in athletics and debating. Staying in Havana for college, Castro became a law student and joined one of the revolutionary groups at the university. Castro's first few attempts at seizing power in Cuba were failures, but he finally succeeded in 1959. When he took over, he changed the nation into the first Communist country in the Western Hemisphere and allgned himself with the Soviet Union. Today, despite the country's economic and social problems, Castro continues to be Cuba's controversial leader. Book jacket.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 053111676X
• ISBN13: 9780531116760
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8