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Havana : autobiography of a city / Alfredo Jose Estrada.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1403975094
  • 9781403975096
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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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 972.9123 E82 Available 33111005032863
Total holds: 0

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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.

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