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Robert is joined by Miles Gray to discuss William Walker, the American who tried to conquer Central America.
FOOTNOTES:
- Mercenary Hero William Walker
- Filibusters and Financiers: The Story of William Walker and His Associates [1916]
- William Walker's Wars: How One Man's Private American Army Tried to Conquer Mexico, Nicaragua, and Honduras
- The Texas Press William Walker in Nicaragua
- William Walker’s Dark Destiny
- Costa Rica in 1856: Defeating William Walker While Creating a National Identity.
- Agents of Empire
- The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny
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