{"product_id":"in-hiding-the-life-of-manuel-cortes-paperback","title":"In Hiding: The Life of Manuel Cortes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Hiding\u003c\/i\u003e is the spellbinding story of a man who spent thirty years holed up in his own home to escape execution. Manuel Cort s was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the Republic's land reform movement, and an organizer in the farm workers' unionization struggles. As Mayor of Mijas in Andalusia, he became caught up in the ferment of revolutionary Spain in the late 1930s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA marked man, he evaded Franco's execution squads to survive in hiding through a generation of persecution and terror until amnesty was decreed in 1969--a period of thirty years. With his wife and daughter, he attempted to escape to France, but failed. In this absorbing narrative, based on numerous interviews with the mayor conducted by Ronald Fraser, a master of oral history, Cort s's truly awe-inspiring ordeal is supplemented by his family's life histories and experiences during the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting tale and a monument to the art of the oral historian, \u003ci\u003e In Hiding\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us what the Spanish Civil War was really about.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading oral historian of twentieth-century Spain. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eIn Hiding, In Search of a Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Blood of Spain\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Napoleon's Cursed War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.46 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759204663584,"sku":"9781844675968","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c5d12b1fcc2af7c18b006d9de9cdc6ea.webp?v=1780145379","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-hiding-the-life-of-manuel-cortes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}