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100	1		_aMiller, James W., _d1948- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aKing of the gunrunners : _bhow a Philadelphia fruit importer inspired a revolution and provoked the Spanish-American war / _cJames W. Miller.
246	3	0	_aHow a Philadelphia fruit importer inspired a revolution and provoked the Spanish-American war
263			_a2403
264		1	_aJackson : _bUniversity Press of Mississippi, _c[2024]
300			_axv, 284 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tAcknowledgments -- _tPrologue -- _tChapter 1. A wonderous world -- _tChapter 2. A new revolution -- _tChapter 3. Scrambling for ships -- _tChapter 4. The wealthy and useful Ker -- _tChapter 5. The director of expeditions -- _tChapter 6. A lesson in competition -- _tChapter 7. Fully vested in the filibuster business -- _tChapter 8. Not a man of patience -- _tChapter 9. "Until Cuba is free" -- _tChapter 10. A clear victory in court -- _tChapter 11. Spanish spies and US marshals -- _tChapter 12. "Captain Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien -- _tChapter 13. A quick indoctrination into filibuster protocol -- _tChapter 14. A booming reply of "NOT GUILTY!" -- _tChapter 15. "Damfoolitis" -- _tChapter 16. Prosecution or persecution? -- _tChapter 17. An ambitious expedition -- _tChapter 18. A worst-case scenario -- _tChapter 19. Publicity agent for an expedition -- _tChapter 20. "You don't often see a man like him" -- _tChapter 21. "Justly convicted" -- _tChapter 22. The Laurada's last expedition -- _tChapter 23. Captain Dynamite's expedition to Havana -- _tChapter 24. Broke and headed for prison -- _tChapter 25. The king of the gunrunners is affirmed -- _tChapter 26. Perceived wrongs and righteous rights -- _tChapter 27. The Maine explodes, and Hart goes to prison -- _tChapter 28. A full and complete pardon -- _tChapter 29. The importing business had changed -- _tChapter 30. He took up the cause and suffered for it.
520			_a"By the time he turned thirty at the end of the nineteenth century, John D. Hart thrived as the busiest importer of bananas on the East Coast. A master of ships with a thunderous voice, Hart aggressively carried tropical fruit to an insatiable market with little concern for notions of supply and demand. But when an unexpected crisis hit the fruit business, Hart was unprepared. The financial Panic of 1893 doomed his strategy of bringing in limitless bananas. Jobless consumers could not afford such luxuries. Nearing bankruptcy, Hart was approached by Emilio NunÌez, a member of the Cuban Revolutionary Party-a cadre of exiled conspirators in New York whose singular purpose was to liberate the Cuban island from four hundred years of Spanish rule. NunÌez enlisted Hart as a "filibuster" to transport guns and ammunition to the Cuban rebels. For nearly three years, Hart became the most visible of a disparate group of mariners between New York and Key West who tormented Spanish authorities, riled the US government, and became heroes to an oppressed people fighting to be free. In King of the Gunrunners: How a Philadelphia Fruit Importer Inspired a Revolution and Provoked the Spanish-American War, author James W. Miller reveals the untold story of a forgotten American whose adventures helped pave the way for the United States' emergence as an international power. With the Yellow Press trumpeting his exploits, Hart's influence helped inflame the nation's mood and made war with Spain inevitable. The quick US victory in what became known as the Spanish-American War compelled Spain to abandon Cuba and cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States, which also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict. This volume presents the story of Hart, the defiant king of the Cuban gunrunners, who prolonged a revolution, provoked a war, and left an indelible mark on history"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aHart, John D. _c(Fruit importer)
650		0	_aSpanish-American War, 1898 _xCauses. _9155357
650		0	_aFilibusters _zUnited States _y19th century.
650		0	_aIllegal arms transfers _zUnited States _y19th century.
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