Mi Moto Fidel

The author recounts his three-month, seven-thousand-mile odyssey through Cuba, discussing Cuba's troubled history and politics and offering profiles of the colorful people he encountered along the way.

Throughout the course of his three-month, 7,000-mile odyssey through Castro’s Cuba, Christopher Baker—thanks to his attention-getting vehicle—enjoyed instant entrée to a people both deprived of and obsessed by chrome and motorized wheels. Baker’s dazzling narrative introduces readers to a tremendous variety of Cubans in this penetrating and spellbinding travelogue—from tobacco growers and prostitutes to fishermen and impassioned dissidents. Revealing a vivacious people in the throes of a slow and painful transition, Baker takes us through his own gradual but profound change of heart about Castro’s regime. Mi Moto Fidel is a rare work of warmhearted humor and considerable insight that mines the depths of Cuba’s troubled history and politics...and shines an unprecedented light on this stubbornly enigmatic country.

The author offers an entertaining, evocative account of his motorcycling odyssey through Cuba, detailing his three-month, seven-thousand-mile journey, discussing Cuba's troubled history and politics, and offering distinctive profiles of the colorful people he encountered along the way. Reprint.

General

ISBN		9780792264224
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Natl Geographic Society
List Price		$14.00
Author		Baker, Christopher P.
Publication Date		09/01/2002
Release Status		In Print
Format		Paperback
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 8.5 Inches (US) Width: 5.5 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.75 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 0.95 Pounds (US)