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7. Chaparra

Lisandro Pérez

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Frontmatter i
Contents vi
Maps and Family Trees viii
List of Figures xii
Prologue 1
1. Fonts 15
2. Pérez 36
3. Four Brothers 44
4. Colonel Fonts 50
5. Amparo 59
6. Here Come the Americans 70
7. Chaparra 106
8. General Cigar 126
9. Oscar and Nancy 143
10. Life in Havana 154
11. Tano 176
12. Birth and Deaths 190
13. An (American) Childhood 200
14. New Year, New Cuba 248
15. Stamps 260
Epilogue 273
Acknowledgments 279
Appendix: Colonel Fonts’s Black Beans 283
Notes 291
Bibliography 305
Index 313
About the Author 327

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vi
Maps and Family Trees viii
List of Figures xii
Prologue 1
1. Fonts 15
2. Pérez 36
3. Four Brothers 44
4. Colonel Fonts 50
5. Amparo 59
6. Here Come the Americans 70
7. Chaparra 106
8. General Cigar 126
9. Oscar and Nancy 143
10. Life in Havana 154
11. Tano 176
12. Birth and Deaths 190
13. An (American) Childhood 200
14. New Year, New Cuba 248
15. Stamps 260
Epilogue 273
Acknowledgments 279
Appendix: Colonel Fonts’s Black Beans 283
Notes 291
Bibliography 305
Index 313
About the Author 327

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