Books
Anderson, John Lee. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. New York: Grove Press, 1997.
Bethel, Paul D. The Losers. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969.
Bonachea, Ramón L., and Marta San Martin. The Cuban Insurrection 1952–1959. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1974.
Castañeda, Jorge G. Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Castro, Fidel. Che: A Memoir. New York: Ocean Press, 2005.
de la Cova, Antonio Rafael. The Moncada Attack: Birth of the Cuban Revolution. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2007.
Dorschner, John, and Roberto Fabricio. The Winds of December. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980.
English, T. J. Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba . . . and Then Lost It to the Revolution. New York: William Morrow, 2008.
Escalante, Fabián: The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba 1959–1962. New York: Ocean Press, 1995.
Guevara, Ernesto Che. Guerrilla Warfare. 3rd ed. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1997.
Kelly, John J. Father John Joseph McKniff, O.S.A. Rome, Postulator General’s Office, Order of St. Augustine, 1999.
Mallin, Jay, and Robert K Brown. MERC: American Soldiers of Fortune. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1979.
Matthews, Herbert L. The Cuban Story. New York: George Braziller, 1961.
Paterson, Thomas G. Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Ryan, Henry Butterfield. The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Shetterly, Aran. The Americano: Fighting with Castro for Cuba’s Freedom. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2007.
Verdeja, Sam, and Guillermo Martinez. Cubans: An Epic Journey, the Struggle of Exiles for Truth and Freedom. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2011.
Von Tunzelmann, Alex. Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2011.
Weiss, Mitch, and Kevin Maurer. Hunting Che: How a US Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World’s Most Famous Revolutionary. New York: Penguin Group, 2013.
Archives and Documents
Cemetery records, Colón Cemetery, Havana, William Alexander Morgan, Jesús Carreras, 1961–1971.
CIA, Confidential, Summary of Counter-Revolutionary Plot. August 8–17, 1959.
———, Invasion of Cuba, September 1, 1959.
Escuela Normal para Maestros de Las Villas, República de Cuba Ministerio de Educación, Olga Maria Rodriguez Farinas, Titulo de Maestro Normal, March 16, 1959.
FBI, Miami, Confidential, Internal Security, Background Investigation, Neutrality Matter, May 21, 1959–March 14, 1960, Leman Stafford.
———, report to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Cuban Rebel Activity in Cuba, 30th of November Movement, April 10, 1961.
FBI, New York, SAC to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Dominican Republic, Trujillo bounty on Morgan, February 3, 1961.
Goodwin, Olga (Morgan), 150 pages of handwritten and typed notes (Spanish and English), describing her background, the revolution, and her life with William Alexander Morgan, 1981–84.
Iglesia Parroquial del Vedado, Havana, baptismal certificate, Loretta de la Caridad, May 9, 1960.
Morgan, William Alexander, letters to Loretta Morgan (1958, 1961), William Morgan Jr. (1958), Ann Morgan (1958), and Olga Morgan (1961).
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. This archive includes Central Intelligence Agency, US Army, and Defense Department documents and military intelligence files related to William Morgan, Fidel Castro, and Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s guerrilla war in Cuba and the US government’s response.
Ohio Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, original birth certificate, William Alexander Morgan, St. John’s Hospital, Cleveland, April 19, 1928.
Trial Records of William Alexander Morgan, La Cabaña, Regular Council of War, Captain Jorge Robreño Marieges, president of tribunal, March 10, 1961.
US Army Intelligence, report to FBI Director, US Citizens in Cuban Government Positions, March 11, 1960.
US Immigration and Naturalization Service, report to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Loss of Citizenship (CO-1085-C), March 14, 1960.
US State Department, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume IV, Cuba, Document 469.
US State Department, Foreign Service, telegram from Ambassador Philip Bonsal to State Department in Washington, DC, warning of conspiracy to overthrow Castro by Dominican leader Rafael Trujillo, with “William Alexander Morgan reportedly key factor” in the plot, July 31, 1959.
———, letter from US Ambassador Philip Bonsal to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Richard Rubottom, about deteriorating relations between Cuba and United States, December 2, 1959.
———, Memorandum of a Conversation, William A. Wieland, US Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, March 12, 1959.
———, telegram from US Ambassador Philip Bonsal to State Department in Washington, DC, about strained relations between Cuba and United States, October 6, 1959.
———, telegram from US embassy in Chile to US embassy in Cuba, confusion over US disclosure to Fidel Castro on Trujillo conspiracy, August 12, 1959.
Periodicals
Albarelli, H. P., Jr. “William Morgan: Patriot or Traitor?” WorldNetDaily.com (2002).
Branson, Robert. “Frogs in New Command of Toledo Major in Cuba.” Toledo Blade, April 11, 1960. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/morgan/Morgan-04-11-60.htm.
Driscoll, Amy. “US Reclaims Citizen Who Led Cuban Rebel Fighters.” Miami Herald, April 13, 2007.
Eaton, Tracey, “Widow Pushes for Remains of Yankee Commander.” Dallas Morning News, March 31, 2002.
Flick, Jim. “The Ordeal of Frank Emmick.” Toledo Blade Sunday Magazine, February 3, 1980.
Grann, David. “The Yankee Comandante: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Betrayal.” New Yorker, May 28, 2012.
Havana Post. “US Turns Down Morgan Citizenship Request.” February 5, 1959.
Matthews, Herbert L. “Cuban War Aided by Second Front.” New York Times, April 3, 1958.
Miami Herald. “Dockworker Set Ship Blast in Havana, American Claims.” March 7, 1960.
———. “Once Cuban Hero, Buried as ‘Traitor.’ ” March 11, 1961.
Revolución. “Comerciaremos con el Mundo Entero. Roa.” July 26, 1959.
Sallah, Michael. “Cuba’s Yankee Comandante.” Toledo Blade, March 3–5, 2002.
Schultz, Randy. “In Pursuit of Dreams.” Palm Beach Post, November 4–8, 1979.
Toledo Blade. “Castro Names Toledoan to Military Post.” January 5, 1959.
———. “Cuba Cancels US Tour by Morgan.” March 4, 1959.
———. “Cuban Army Discloses Arrest of Major Morgan, Ex-Toledoan.” October 22, 1960.
———. “Ex-Toledoan Reported in Cuban Prison.” November 16, 1960.
———. “Ex-Toledoan to Tell Cuba Story in City.” February 27, 1959.
———. “Leader of Castro’s Jungle Fighters Wants to Return Home to Toledo.” January 5, 1959.
———. “Morgan Buried in Cuban Crypt, Fugitive Wife Stays in Hiding.” March 13, 1961.
———. “Morgan of Toledo Fights to Retain His Citizenship.” September 6, 1959.
———. “Morgan’s Widow Seized in Cuba.” March 18, 1961.
———. “Toledoan’s Death in Cuba Detailed.” August 2, 1963.
———. “William Morgan.” June 20, 1963.
Toledo Times. “Toledoan Held in Solitary, Havana Hears.” November 17, 1960.
———. “Morgan Killed As Anti-Red, His Note Says.” March 17, 1961.
———. “Quitting US Rights, Toledo Man Confirms.” September 25, 1959.
Velazquez, Jose Sergio. “Llevado W. Morgan a Juicio.” El Mundo, March 10, 1961.