Cuba Libre
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0788744666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 219 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Back Cover "Explosiveexcitingkeeps the reader glued to the pages."--Chicago Sun-Times"There is so much good storytelling in this novelthere are few writers who can match Leonard when it comes to narrative moves, none who write dialogues that say so little and mean so much."--San Francisco Chronicle"Elmore Leonard's most exciting book in years."--The Wall Street Journal
I have loved every one of Elmore Leonard's novels so far Daniel C. Cunningham I have loved every one of Elmore Leonard's novels so far. This one, set not in the Old West, or yet modern times, when the cowboy era was really over and people had the telegraph and typing machines and steam-engines to power armor-plated ships with powerful guns.Ben Tyler, a real cowboy, having done time for bank robbery - not his fault, as he had been cheated out of the c. Entertaining Return to the Western Genre by Dutch Leonard Unforgiven Cube Libre is a fast-paced, entertaining jaunt through 1890s Cuba, at the outbreak of war between America and Spain. It's also a wonderful return to the western genre for author Elmore Leonard, whose first efforts were exclusively western stories throughout the 1950s and 60s. This is the story of Ben Tyler, an American cowboy sent to Cuba to sell horses to a sugar plantatio. Not only was it a good read, I found it related to other novels Donald Green I started reading Elmore Leonard books starting in around1988 and would read every new book that came out. I skipped Cuba Libre because I was not as interested in his westerns. Since I don't expect any new books anymore, I started reading the westerns. I recently read Gunsights. So I thought i would go ahead and read Cuba Libre. Not only was it a good read, I found it relat
Then, in a flash, the Maine is blown to pieces. marines sleep on the deck of the USS Maine as the sound of rumba music drifts across the water. Now a bloody carnaval of war, nations, and schemers is exploding on the dusty, sugar-rich island of Cuba.Master storyteller Elmore Leonard breaks new ground in this rip-roaring novel, a rollicking jaunt into history that sizzles with the passion of lovers, the violence of nations, and the courage of freedom fighters crying out to their firing squads: "Viva Cuba Libre!". On a hot night in Havana Harbor, U.S