Part One: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

Robert is joined by Miles Gray to discuss William Walker, the American who tried to conquer Central America.

FOOTNOTES:

1. Mercenary Hero William Walker
2. Filibusters and Financiers: The Story of William Walker and His Associates [1916] 
3. William Walker's Wars: How One Man's Private American Army Tried to Conquer Mexico, Nicaragua, and Honduras
4. The Texas Press William Walker in Nicaragua 
5. William Walker’s Dark Destiny
6. Costa Rica in 1856: Defeating William Walker While Creating a National Identity.
7. Agents of Empire
8. The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny

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