{"product_id":"blood-of-brothers-stephen-kinzer-9780674025936","title":"Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua, with New Afterword","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist--and became a witness to history. He returned many times during the years that followed, becoming Latin America correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e in 1981 and joining the foreign staff of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1983. That year he opened the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Managua bureau, making that newspaper the first daily in America to maintain a full-time office in Nicaragua. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely considered the best-connected journalist in Central America, Kinzer personally met and interviewed people at every level of the Somoza, Sandinistas and \u003ci\u003econtra\u003c\/i\u003e hierarchies, as well as dissidents, heads of state, and countless ordinary citizens throughout the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e is Kinzer's dramatic story of the centuries-old power struggle that burst into the headlines in 1979 with the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. It is a vibrant portrait of the Nicaraguan people and their volcanic land, a cultural history rich in poetry and bloodshed, baseball and insurrection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Kinzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674025938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674025936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David Rockefeller Center for Latin American S\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 6.28w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 92","brand":"Stephen Kinzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987351503103,"sku":"9780674025936","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1bbea1e2-1b29-4135-b0c4-97e463418fcc.jpg?v=1683288470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-of-brothers-stephen-kinzer-9780674025936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}