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Cuba
After the Revolution
By Wolf, Bernard
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52546-058-9
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1999
Gr 4-6 While not a completely balanced view, this is a beautiful photo-essay about life in contemporary Cuba. Wolf begins the book with a two-page discussion of this Caribbean country's history and its relationship to the U.S. His empathy for the people is apparent as he recounts a pattern of U.S. abuses and support of corrupt leadership, and implies that were it not for a fateful conversation between Vice President Richard Nixon and Premier Fidel Castro in 1959, the relationship between these two countries might now be quite diffe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
