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Havana Before Castro

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Author: Peter Moruzzi
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 22832

Media: Perfect Paperback
Edition: First
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.9 x 1.1

ISBN: 1423603672
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.91063
EAN: 9781423603672
ASIN: 1423603672

Publication Date: August 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Through vintage and contemporary photographs, brochures, postcards, and artifacts evocative of time and place, Havana Before Castro tells the story of the city that was the most popular exotic destination for Americans during the forty years between World War I and Castro's revolution.
See how Havana evolved from America's Prohibition haven and rich man's playground to a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, all-night bars, and backstreet brothels.
Visit Havana's seamy Shanghai Theatre as well as its glamorous Tropicana, Montmartre, and Sans Souci nightclubs.
Linger at La Floridita -- the cradle of the daiquiri cocktail (one of Hemingway's favorite watering holes) -- rub elbows with Frank Sinatra at Sloppy Joe's Bar, and learn why Cuban cigars remain the world's most highly prized.
Follow the parade of corrupt presidents who, along with American mobsters such a Meyer Lansky, welcomed the mass tourism that led to Havana becoming a tropical Vegas swirling in a haze of rum and cigars, backed by a conga beat.
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5 out of 5 stars

Nostalgia at its best! July 31, 2008
Andrew J. Rodriguez (Golden, Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My wife and I escaped Cuba during the early sixties. Almost certain that we might be returning within a month or two (50 years ago) we did not bring along photographs, memories, or keepsakes of any kind.
"Havana Before Castro" is the best collection of memorabilia ever to touch my hands.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You've made my day!
Andrew J. Rodriguez, author of: "Adios, Havana" a memoir.