Behind Islands in the Stream: Hemingway, Cuba, the FBI and the crook factory
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Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba for 20 years--1940-1960. After the Spanish Civil War, thousands of Spanish Falange (Spanish fascists) immigrated to Cuba. They were thought to be a threat to Cuba and to the U.S. With the blessing of, and financing by, the American Embassy in Havava, Hemingway recuited a ragtag band to spy on the Falange. He called them the "crook factory." The FBI became enraged that he was poaching on their territory. Later some...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0999549669
ISBN13:9780999549667
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:New Century Books
Length:172 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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