New Arrivals: First Edition of Expedicion y Desembarco del “Granma” [title

New Arrivals: First Edition of Expedicion y Desembarco del “Granma” [title from cover: “Album Expedicionarios Granma”] (ca.1959). 

Memorial souvenir documenting the 81 original insurgents who took part in the voyage from Tuxpan, Mexico, to the east coast of Cuba in November, 1956 – the official launching of the Cuban Revolution. Includes a photographic portrait of each of the participants, including very youthful portraits of Fidel and Raul Castro, Ernesto “Che” Guevarra, Camilo Cienfuegos, and others. Publication date uncertain, but certainly after October, 1959, as Camilo Cienfuegos is listed among the “martyrs” of the revolution. Fidel Castro is credited on title page for “leadership and direction” of the publication.