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Clancy's Tropic Filibuster Tale in New Orleans
In a humorous reminiscence, Clancy describes allying with a Guatemalan revolutionary, smuggling rifles, working on a tropical railroad, and evading capture in New Orleans after fleeing with banana cargo. He recalls De Vega, the pickaxes, and his brief prison stint.
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North Rampart Street
Clancy
New Orleans
Tropics
Kamchatka
Siberia
Arctic
Guatemala
Providence
Maine
Russia
Japan
Archipelagoes
Monseer
James Clancy
Monster
General de Vega
United States
Winchesters
Gazin
Satis
J. Clancy
Port Barrios
Sambo
Conchita
Senor
Lomagrande
Carrambos
de Vega Verree
White Wings Department
Willie
de Vega
Jimmy
O'Hara
O’hara
Lafayette Square
Caballero
Kam
Ursulines