Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
The Biography of a Cause
$38.43
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2009
Summary
In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba’s tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The company Facundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862 brought worldwide fame to the island, and in the decades that followed his Bacardi descendants participated in every aspect of Cuban life. With his intimate account of their struggles and adventures across…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143116325 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143116320 |
| Author: | Tom Gjelten |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 452g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
The Bacardi liquor story is every bit as engaging as Cuba
“The Bacardi liquor story is every bit as engaging as Cuba’s tumultuous political history, and both narrative strands are inexorably intertwined.”
-The Washington Post
“A gripping saga that tells us just as much about human nature and the struggle between power and freedom as it does about Bacardi’s transformation from a fledgling business into the world’s top family-owned distiller.”
-The Wall Street Journal
“It’s hard to imagine that any [Cuban history] is as enjoyable … as smooth and refreshing as a well-made daiquiri.”
-Barry Gewen, The New York Times
About The Author
Tom Gjelten
Tom Gjelten is a veteran correspondent for National Public Radio on international issues and a regular panelist on the PBS program Washington Week. His reporting from Bosnia won him George Polk and Robert F. Kennedy awards. He is the author of Sarajevo Daily- A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his family.
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