Lot 165
Castro, Fidel (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz) (1926 -) Cuban revolutionary who overthrew the Batista regime in 1959 and assumed power; as Prime Minister (1959-76) and as President from 1976 to 2008, when failing health prompted him to turn over the reins to his brother Raúl.
Book inscribed in Spanish and signed, "To the young people of the Centennial, to those who continue to keep alive the ideas of our Apostle. Fidel Castro" Signed on the dedication page of the paperback: Recuerdos del Moncada [Memories of Moncada] by Mario Laxo Pérez, Havana, 1987, 190 pages. Moncada was the first armed action of the Cuban Revolution, which would triumph in 1959. On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro and some 140 rebels attacked the federal garrison at Moncada, hoping to spark an uprising and furnish the insurrectionists with weapons from the barracks. The operation was a failure; many of the rebels were captured and executed. During the trial of Fidel and Raúl Castro, the country was riveted by Fidel's defense that he was only being a good citizen by trying to overthrow a tyrant, and by his cry, "History will absolve me!" The "Apostle" to whom Fidel refers is José Martí (1853-95), one of the major figures in the struggle for Cuban independence from Spain and who wanted to prevent Cuba from falling under the sway of the United States. The attack on the garrison at Moncada took place 100 years (a centennial) after the birth of Martí.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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