The War in Nicaragua

General William Walker's WAR IN NICARAGUAwritten at the close of a long civil war in Nicaragua and on the eve of the bloody American Civil Waris an autobiographical testament by one of the most infamous mercenaries/conquistadors in Latin America history, and one of the most elusive and fascinating figures in the history of North America. As with Julius Caesar's DE BELLO GALLICO (which the author as a boy read and reread in Latin), Walker wrote this account in third personwith himself and his end