Excerpt from Cuba Libre: The Age of Expansion The preceding twelve volumes of the real america m romance brought the history of the United States down to the close of the Civil War and through the period of Reconstruction.
John Roy Musick was an American historical author and poet. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Benjamin Broadaxe/Broadax, Ebenezer Slypole, and Don Jenardo. He earned a Bachelor of Scientific Didactics from the First District Normal School in 1874. After teaching a term, he started legal studies and in 1876 he passed the Bar exam and took up the practice of law. In 1882 he abandoned his legal career to become a full-time writer.