Book Reviewed by:As much the tale of a teenage
misfit as it is the story of the
Dominican Diaspora in the United
States, The Brief and
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
is filled with references to the
Dominican Republic, and in
particular to the ruler whose
profile defined the country in
the twentieth century - Rafael
Leonidas Trujillo, the "Dictatingest
Dictator who ever Dictated".
(J.D.)
A Short History of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic occupies two-thirds of the
island of Hispaniola, which it
shares with Haiti (map).
Claimed by Christopher Columbus
in 1492, Hispaniola became a
springboard for Spanish conquest
of the Caribbean and the
American mainland. In 1697,
Spain recognized French ...
