Bacardí y la larga lucha por Cuba by Tom Gjelten - ISBN: 9780451414953
Paperback
A history of Cuba as reflected by the famous Bacardi rum family traces five generations during which they served as an example of business and civic leadership while alternately fighting for national freedom and honoring their country as exiles.

Bacardí y la larga lucha por Cuba

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  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    7 February 2012

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Summary

En 1862, Facundo Bacardi apost por crear en Cuba una pequena destileria de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consumian marineros y obreros. Pronto el ron Bacardi se convertiria en la bebida favorita de la isla y quedaria ligado a la identidad cubana.Recorriendo la historia de la familia Bacardi, que siempre ha estado en primer plano en todos los grandes acontecimientos de la historia de Cuba –desde la Independencia hasta el actual embargo pasando por la Revoluci n y Bahia de Cochinos– …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780451414953
ISBN-10:0451414950
Author:Tom Gjelten
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:7 February 2012
Weight:472g
Dimensions:228mm x 153mm x 25mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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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