Essential Cuba (Passport's Essential Guides)

Year 1998
Pages 126

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Summary

At 126 pages, this McGraw-Hill volume offers a concise, general-interest introduction to Cuba. Its 1998 publication date makes it a period guide as well as a reference to the country.

Why this book now

Read it now as a dated snapshot of how Cuba was presented to general readers in 1998.

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Richard Sale’s Essential Cuba is a compact 1998 guide to Cuba from Passport’s Essential Guides.

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  • You enjoy concise country guides.
  • You value books as travel-era snapshots.
  • If you appreciate quiet emotion, the protagonist changes in believable steps.

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  • You need current Cuba information.
  • You prefer expansive, specialist studies.
  • You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.

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The 126-page format suggests a manageable read, suitable for a short, focused pass rather than a long study.

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This McGraw-Hill record is the 1998 edition of Passport’s Essential Guides, authored by Richard Sale.

Best way to approach it

Approach it as both a brief Cuba guide and a document of late-1990s general-interest publishing.

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