{"product_id":"promising-paradise-jon-mogul-9780996869959","title":"Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure, American Seduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploration of America's fascination with Cuba, featuring more than 150 rare photographs, movie posters and ephemera that promoted Cuba as a glamorous paradise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMidcentury America witnessed a frenzy for Cuba and Latin culture. Beaches, nightclubs and casinos lured tourists south to a tropical playground, while Hollywood celebrities and Cuban performers fueled a craze for rumba, mambo and Afro-Cuban jazz in the States. Stars such as Lucille Ball, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway and Desi Arnaz flocked to Havana to let loose and enjoy the music of P rez Prado, Celia Cruz and Chico O'Farrill, alongside writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Guillermo Infante Cabrera. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than 150 illustrations--rare photographs, magazines, advertisement, movie stills and more--from the Vicki Gold Levi Collection at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, \u003ci\u003ePromising Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e offers visions of the people and places that made Cuba so important in the American imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Mogul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0996869956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996869959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wolfsonian-Florida International University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 9.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Jon Mogul","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372337877247,"sku":"9780996869959","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_878850be-d610-4731-bb3e-de31d7302934.jpg?v=1732725671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/promising-paradise-jon-mogul-9780996869959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}