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Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

The Biography of a Cause

The Biography of a Cause

The Biography of a Cause

By Tom Gjelten

By Tom Gjelten

By Tom Gjelten

By Tom Gjelten

By Tom Gjelten
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By Tom Gjelten
Read by Robertson Dean

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Aug 25, 2009 | ISBN 9780143116325

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Sep 04, 2008 | ISBN 9781440629983

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Aug 08, 2017 | 1084 Minutes

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    About Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

    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 five generations, Gjelten brings to life the larger story of Cuba’s fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the violent division of the Cuban nation.

    About Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

    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 five generations, Gjelten brings to life the larger story of Cuba’s fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the violent division of the Cuban nation.

    About Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

    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 five generations, Gjelten brings to life the larger story of Cuba’s fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the violent division of the Cuban nation.

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    About 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… More about Tom Gjelten

    About 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… More about Tom Gjelten

    About 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… More about Tom Gjelten

    Product Details

    Category: World History | Cocktail, Beer, Wine & Beverage | Business

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 25, 2009 | 464 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780143116325

    Category: World History | Cocktail, Beer, Wine & Beverage | Business

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 04, 2008 | 432 Pages | ISBN 9781440629983

    Category: World History | Cocktail, Beer, Wine & Beverage | Business | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Aug 08, 2017 | 1084 Minutes | ISBN 9780525532149

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    Praise

    “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

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