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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Rathbone, John Paul.     Subjects     Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.     Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.     Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.     Cuba -- History -- 1895-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rathbone, John Paul.       by title:      The sugar king of Ha...       by call number:      972.9106 L799r     Search the Web     Rathbone, John Paul.     Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.     Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.     Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.     Cuba -- History -- 1895-       MARC Display

The sugar king of Havana : the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon / John Paul Rathbone. by Rathbone, John Paul. Penguin Press, 2010. Call #: 972.9106 L799r Subjects Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.   Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.   Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.   Cuba -- History -- 1895- ISBN:  9781594202582 1594202583 Description:  304 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-292) and index. Contents:  A triste tropical tryst -- The betrayal of José Martí -- A sense of home -- Sugar rush -- Death in the morning -- A talent for speculation -- The emerald way -- Sun, sea & shootings -- Imperial affairs -- At the altar -- Crepúsculo. Summary:  In this dual history of a man and a nation, Financial Times journalist John Paul Rathbone uses the stranger-than-fiction story of Julio Lobo, a Cuban sugar magnate who controlled the world sugar market throughout much of the first half of the 20th century, to reveal the luxuries enjoyed by the elite class in pre-revolutionary Cuba. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 972.9106 L799r Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Biography 972.9106 L799r Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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