Yankee Come Home: On the Road from San Juan Hill to Guantánamo
"For its style, humanity and vision,Yankee Come Homeis beyond praise. The writing is sharper, the descriptions more evocative, than anything I have read in years."—Jack Beatty, author ofThe Lost History of 1914andAge of Betrayal"Cuba is mostly unfamiliar territory for US travelers, which is ironic given how the United States was the dominating presence there for so much of its history. WithYankee Come Home, William Craig does his US readers a great favor, entertaining us with his adventures across Cuba but reminding us along the way of how US interventions left the island scarred."—Tom Gjelten, author ofBacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba"Craig braids the history of Cuban-American relations with quick, fluent grace."—Nicholson Baker, author ofHuman Smoke"Intrepid Bill Craig’s wild journeys through Cuba tell a story no one has told before: The legacy of America’s disastrous 1898 intervention. With solid-gold reporting and a quirky flair for drama, humor, and pathos, Craig reveals not only a hidden Cuba, but the hidden heart of America, too. The book is bound to be a classic."—Sy Montgomery, author ofThe Good Good PigandSpell of the Tiger