I find it sad that until recently the majority of my knowledge of Spain's Civil War came from Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Not that Hemingway wasn't a great writer, he was and was very knowledgeable of Spain, my knowledge of Spain, however should come from something more factual. Spain's modern history has been a ... dark cloud in most American students minds. It seems to me that from the beginning of the Spanish civil war, until recently the United States has completely ignored ... Americans yet this is information I've had to discover on my own. "For Whom the Bells Tolls" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Robert Jordan was a loyalist during the Spanish Civil War, and is sent behind enemy lines to blow up a bridge so a larger attack by the republicans can take place. Jordan meets Pablo the leader of a group of guerillas. The guerillas come to help assist in their mission to blow the bridge, but a snowstorm hits in the mountains. The enemy cavalry can now follow their footprints to the cave where they are hiding. Jordan finds out vital information about their enemy, the fascists, and sends a man named Andres to the headquarters of General Golz, hoping that the attack will me cancelled. The report...

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• Grade Level: High School