Tropicana nights
Subtitle: the life and times of the legendary Cuban nightclub
By: Rosa Lowinger and Ofelia Fox.
Contributors: Fox, Ofelia.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Orlando, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780151012244
Subjects: Tropicana (Nightclub : Havana, Cuba) -- History.; Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Cuba -- Havana -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Includes information on Afro-Cuban music, Alberto Ardura, Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Communist Party, Victor de Correa, Celia Cruz, Oscar Echemendia, Leonela Gonzalez Perez, Erna (Chiquita) Grabler, Ramon Grau San Martin, Olga Guillot, Valentin Jodra, Meyer Lansky, Jenny Leon, Charles (Lucky) Luciano, Mafia, mambo, Rafael Mascaro, Rita Montaner, Montmartre cabaret, Tomas Morales, Guillermina (Mina) Perez Chaumont, Santiago Rey, Rodney (Roderico Neyra), Armando Romeu, Jr., rumba, Rosa Sanchez, roulette, Sans Souci (Havana), Santeria, Eddy Serra, Show (magazine), Santo Trafficante, 26th of July Movement, Ana Gloria Varona, Villa Mina (Havana), etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-421) and index.