Havana : autobiography of a city / Alfredo Jose Estrada.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 1403975094
- 9781403975096
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 972.9123 E82 | Available | 33111005032863 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Havana: Autobiography of a City takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by conquistadors in 1519, to the Malec n, 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, including Jos Mart , martyr for Cuban independence; and Ernest Hemingway, the most American of writers who became an unabashed Habanero. The book is a deeply personal account of a love affair with a city, as well as an entertaining portrait of a place not easily forgotten.
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.