Lexicographical Neighbors of Boniatos
Literary usage of Boniatos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mambi-land, Or, Adventures of a Herald Correspondent in Cuba: Or by James J. O'Kelly (1874)
"... Hunt—Digging for boniatos—The Cuban Kitchen—A Forest Déjeûner—The Thug of the
Forest—My Life in Cuba Libre—March to Bayamo—Mambi Theatricals—A Patriot's ..."
2. Pioneering in Cuba: A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First by James Meade Adams (1901)
"They raise boniatos and cassava, a little fruit, and keep a few pigs. ... Of a
younger man we bought a few pounds of boniatos (sweet potatoes) and after ..."
3. The Early History of Cuba, 1492-1586 by Irene Aloha Wright (1916)
"... boniatos, squash,—the crops, in short, which to this day sustain the rural
population of Cuba. The king ordered experiments in the cultivation of rice. ..."
4. Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the by James Harrison Wilson (1912)
"Production had been absolutely suspended everywhere except upon the plantations
which were rich enough to buy protection, and, although yams, or boniatos, ..."
5. Cuba and the Intervention by Albert Gardner Robinson (1905)
"... that he might plant a few boniatos. I have seen three Cubans slowly and
laboriously dragging a crude and cumbrous Cuban ..."
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