Benson Latin American Collection.
Mexican politician and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna wrote these memoirs during his final exile in Havana in 1872.
Sometimes referred to as “the Napolean of the West,” Santa Anna — who served as president of Mexico in multiple, non-consecutive terms — is infamous for losing control of Texas and the extensive territories of the U.S. Southwest in 1836.
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This item is indeed a blockbuster. Genaro García edited the memoir for its publication in 1905. García noted, however, that in spite of the written date of 1872, the true date for the diary is 1874. See C. E. Castañeda, Guide to the Latin American Manuscripts. . . (1939), #1695.