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While many missionaries died within months, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love among the unreached tribes of Africa's Calabar region for thirty-nine years (1848-1915).

Lola Montez was the 19th century's original 'celebrity', known throughout Europe and the United States for her theatrical performances and scandalous personal life. In this intriguing work, Montez herself recounts her life in her own words. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright ...

Juanita Reina no era solo una tonadillera, sino una verdadera actriz dramática. Su voz, su ademán y sus dotes expresivas hicieron que la copla, la tonadilla, cobraran un lucimiento total.

Como particular homenaje a la memoria de quien inició una de las obras filológicas, históricas, de autoridades, e incluso literarias, más monumentales en el estudio de nuestra lengua hablada y escrita, como es el Diccionario de construcción y régimen de la lengua castellana, hemos querido ofrecerle al lector de Libro al viento un acercamiento biográfico de don Rufino José Cuervo (1844-1911) siguiendo las pautas básicas de un léxico, con entradas que responden no sólo a un orden alfabético sino, y sobre todo, temático.