Six Days in Havana
- ISBN-10
- 0292776292
- ISBN-13
- 9780292776296
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Authors
- James Albert Michener, John Kings
Description
Provides a close-up look at modern Havana thirty years after the Revolution, showing its neighborhoods, plantations, and people
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