Tom Gjelten: 3 books
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
The Biography of a Cause
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
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...
A Nation of Nations
A Great American Immigration Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
“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...
by Tom Gjelten
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 21, 2012
En 1862, Facundo Bacardí apostó por crear en Cuba una pequeña destilería de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consumían marineros y obreros. Pronto el ron Bacardí se convertiría en la bebida favorita de la isla y quedaría ligado a la identidad cubana.
Recorriendo la historia de...