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ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8370209260
Miami, Alexandria Library, 2023.
Publicación de la Academia de la Historia de Cuba en el Exilio.
698 págs. que incluyen un Índice Onomástico y la Bibliografía

Acaba de publicarse una magna obra de historia de Cuba, sobre todo del ámbito literario y artístico que imperó en la isla a partir del siglo XIX y sus luchas independentistas, titulada "La Familia Borrero: Breve aporte a la historia literaria y artística de Cuba". El autor, Octavio de la Suarée, dedicó más de 14 años de investigación a esta obra que él humildemente titula como "Breve aporte", pero que en realidad se extiende por 694 páginas de texto pobladas por cientos de fotos y facsímiles de cartas y documentos muy ilustrativos que serán un notable material de estudio para futuros historiadores.

El libro, ofrecido en Amazon, es prácticamente un regalo al precio de sólo $25 si consideramos su enorme riqueza testimonial, histórica y documental. Entre los numerosos testimonios históricos que regala al lector, el libro se adentra en la relación que existió entre la familia Borrero y uno de los iniciadores del movimiento Modernista hispanoamericano, Julián del Casal, logrando proyectar una notable luz sobre la situación política que imperaba en Cuba durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX.

El lector encontrará detalles de la historia de Cuba vista a través de tres generaciones de la singular familia Borrero, incluyendo los testimonios de las revistas literarias de la época, los debates y guerras culturales libradas en los medios de prensa y la evolución poética y literaria del momento, como parte de una evolución sociopolítica hasta lograr la liberación final de la isla y el establecimiento de la República de Cuba.

Entrevista con el autor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AutbCWx7kSs

3 Vols.
Liberty Hill Press
Maitland, FL 32751
Paperback ISBN-13:978-1-6628-6246-5
Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-6628-6248-9

The three volumes of this excellent research and analysis effort exhibit exceptional clarity in their exposition. This is thus an easy-to-read, deeply informative work.

In "In Their Own Words", Judge Mark Boonstra* shows readers what their gut instinctively is telling them. He reveals not only who our Founding Fathers were, and what they believed, but he brings them to light in their own words. And he then contrasts what our Founding Fathers said with real-world examples of what is happening today in America. So, don't take his word for it. Take the words of America's Founding Fathers themselves. And then ask yourself: What Would these Founding Fathers think of today's God-less America?

In the review published by Dustin Bass last May, he rightly points out that: «Boonstra diligently spent eight years working on his “In Their Own Words” multi-volume project, which presents the beliefs and ideas from all 118 signers of America’s three foundational documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. His adherence to the letter of the law and his disdain for judicial activism has drawn the ire of the left. His appreciation for textualism, commonly referred to as constitutional originalism, has led him to place his needle within the social fabric of American society in hopes of sewing back some of its tears.»

Further down in his review, Bass remarks that «he believes that religion has been completely undermined in the United States, even to the point that it’s held in contempt by much of the general public, along with local, state, and federal governments. A notion that has driven this narrative is what he believes to be a misinterpretation of the establishment clause in the First Amendment, commonly referred to as the “separation of church and state” clause.

Boonstra noted that the establishment clause was absolutely necessary when the founders began forming the republic. Colonists had come to the New World to escape religious tyranny via an established church.»

Furthermore, «since the phrase “separation of church and state” isn’t in the Constitution but is rather a reference to the spirit of the law in a letter from Thomas Jefferson responding to ministers of the Danbury Baptist Association, it apparently has allowed for some people, from politicians to political commentators to professors to the average citizen, to misconstrue the spirit of that law.

“Today we say ‘separation of church and state’ and we make it appear antagonistic, but it wasn’t at all,” Boonstra said. “When Jefferson wrote that, it was because Baptists had been persecuted in certain colonies, including his colony of Virginia, and they wanted assurance that they would be able to practice as they wished.»

But this 3-volume work is NOT about religion, rather it offers us a vast panorama of the thought of the founding fathers of the North American homeland and how they laid the foundations of a nation that would become great and powerful thanks to that remarkable foresight.

It is without a doubt a remarkable gift of democratic thought.

* Judge Boonstra practiced private law for nearly three decades and he has sat on Michigan’s 3rd District Court of Appeals for the past decade up to the present day.