Havana : autobiography of a city / Alfredo Jose Estrada

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan , 2008, c2007.Description: 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781403975393
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • LAS 972.9123 EST
LOC classification:
  • F1799.H34 E88 2007
Contents:
Return to Havana -- Hatuey's revenge -- The exterminating angel -- The time of the Mameyes -- Don Tabaco and Doña Azucar -- Priests and poets -- The apostle of freedom -- Remembering the Maine -- Republic of the rumba -- Hemingway's ghost -- Havana nights -- Che's revolution -- Adiós, Havana.
Summary: Havana: Autobiography of a Citylooks beyond Cold War politics and the nostalgia of Cuban exiles to discover the real city and its fascinating history. The book takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by conquistadors in 1519, to the Malecón, the elegant boulevard along the shore where Fidel Castro rode a Russian tank in triumph. Estrada portrays the adventurers and dreamers who left their mark on Havana, such as explorer Hernando de Soto; José Martí, martyr for Cuban independence; and Ernest Hemingway, the most American of writers who became an unabashed Habanero.
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Latin American Studies Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. LAS 972.9123 EST (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 019787

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Return to Havana -- Hatuey's revenge -- The exterminating angel -- The time of the Mameyes -- Don Tabaco and Doña Azucar -- Priests and poets -- The apostle of freedom -- Remembering the Maine -- Republic of the rumba -- Hemingway's ghost -- Havana nights -- Che's revolution -- Adiós, Havana.

Havana: Autobiography of a Citylooks beyond Cold War politics and the nostalgia of Cuban exiles to discover the real city and its fascinating history. The book takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by conquistadors in 1519, to the Malecón, the elegant boulevard along the shore where Fidel Castro rode a Russian tank in triumph. Estrada portrays the adventurers and dreamers who left their mark on Havana, such as explorer Hernando de Soto; José Martí, martyr for Cuban independence; and Ernest Hemingway, the most American of writers who became an unabashed Habanero.

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