Caribbean"A grand epic." THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Master storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean, with a magnificent novel that captures the eternal allure of that glittering string of islands and their tumultuous history. Beginning in 1310 and continuing through Columbus's arrival and the bloody slave revolt of Haiti to the rise of Castro, CARIBBEAN carries us through 700 dramatic years in a tale teeming with revolution and romance, slavery and superstition, heartfelt characters and thunderous destinies. A Dual Main Slection of the Book-of-the-Month Club "From the Paperback edition." |
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Page 579
... Cuban community lived . When a high military officer in the Castro govern- ment defected by flying a small plane at great danger to himself from Cuba to Key West , the American government was delighted to have in their hands a man who ...
... Cuban community lived . When a high military officer in the Castro govern- ment defected by flying a small plane at great danger to himself from Cuba to Key West , the American government was delighted to have in their hands a man who ...
Page 583
... Cuba , far ahead of the mass emigrations of 1961 , and they had never regretted their early decision , for as Kate had said at the time : ' Everyone in Cuba knows that your branch of the Calderons was always in favor of joining Cuba to ...
... Cuba , far ahead of the mass emigrations of 1961 , and they had never regretted their early decision , for as Kate had said at the time : ' Everyone in Cuba knows that your branch of the Calderons was always in favor of joining Cuba to ...
Page 599
... Cuban affairs , and Estéfano said : ' When the Spanish were driven out of Cuba in the 1898 war , our grandfathers were divided . My grandfather wanted Cuba to become a state in the American union , yours became a fierce Cuban patriot ...
... Cuban affairs , and Estéfano said : ' When the Spanish were driven out of Cuba in the 1898 war , our grandfathers were divided . My grandfather wanted Cuba to become a state in the American union , yours became a fierce Cuban patriot ...
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