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- ↑ Mendez, Mila. «La historia norteamericana borró por completo a España de su escena». Published on La Voz de Galicia. Published on December 9, 2019.
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- ↑ The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History: 2017 Finalist: Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, by Larrie D. Ferreiro (Alfred A. Knopf)
- ↑ "Larrie Ferreiro, Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago". www.pritzkermilitary.org.
