F.A.C.E. Launches Book on the Cuban Experience in America

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17 Apr, 2012, 04:06 ET

MIAMI, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Facts About Cuban Exiles (FACE), a non-profit organization, has produced an 800-page book with a 16-page photo section on the Cuban exile experience, entitled Cubans:  An Epic Journey, published by Reedy Press.

In October 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stated that the spirit of America held tradition as an asylum for the oppressed, and he pledged to "the people of Cuba that those who seek refuge here will find it." And they did.  Even before the president's speech, thousands of Cubans had been flooding the shores of America and other countries, with the Freedom Tower in Miami becoming refugees' sentinel of liberty.  Their experience over the last sixty years is captured in Cubans: An Epic Journey, a collection of more than forty essays by 31 renowned scholars, historians, journalists, and media professionals.  Contributors such as magazine publisher Sam Verdeja, print and broadcast journalist Guillermo Martinez, newspaper executive Cesar Pizarro, newspaper editor Howard Kleinberg, business executive Louise O' Brien, university professor Leonardo Rodriguez, and broadcast commentator Francisco Rodriguez, cover myriad topics, from the fight against a totalitarian regime and a review of myths about the accomplishments of the Cuban Revolution, to the personal stories of Cubans who have made significant contributions to American society.

The essays in Cubans : An Epic Journey explore different topics but share a similar endeavour -- to reveal the complex interrelationships among the Cuban people, their homeland, the exile community, and American government and society.  Among the prominent Cuban American authors are Aida Levitan, Raul Chao, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Jose Cancela and Carlos Curbelo.

The Cuban experience in America and other countries has proven disappointing and remarkable; disappointing because a homeland was lost and attempts to retrieve it turned into a nightmare, remarkable because refugees settled in their new countries and soon flourished, particularly in the United States, in many aspects of society.  The book is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books & Books in Coral Gables and Libreria Universal in Miami, Florida.

Contact: Sam Verdeja
[email protected]
305-308-9972 (cellular)    

SOURCE F.A.C.E.

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