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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...

"An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and national identity" (Kirkus Reviews) and the landmark immigration law that transformed the face of the nation more than fifty years ago, as told through the stories of immigrant families in one suburban county in Virginia.

In the years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures.

In...

En 1862, Facundo Bacardi aposto 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 Revolucion y Bahia de Cochinos Tom Gjelten ha escrito una epica narrativa que explica la Cuba moderna, sus tormentosas relaciones...