His very image has become associated with a spirit of rebellion, but Ernesto Guevara—known around the world simply as Che—didn’t dream of becoming a revolutionary. Author Ellen Labrecque takes readers on a journey through Che’s life starting with his childhood in Argentina, to his travels through South and Central America as a young physician, and ending with his final years as a key player in the Cuban revolution. His legacy—as the author of The Motorcycle Diaries, a champion of the poor, and a force for change in Cuba—is both personal and political.