The Island Called Paradise: Cuba in History, Literature, and the Arts

Index

ABC (abecedarios), 58 Abela, Eduardo, “Promenade,” 94 Afra, Tybee, 119, 121 African-soldiers, , 37, 40 Agee, James, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, 52–54, 55, 56 Afrocubanismo, 14, 25, 64, 72 Albert, Eddie, 78 Alda, Robert, 68 Allen, Steve, 12, 120, 121, 122 Allen, Woody, Bananas, 170–73 Allende, Salvador, 167–68 Anastasia, Albert, 2, 122–23 Annexationism (US), 7, 18, 22, 23, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37 Apiazu, Justo (“Don”), Havana Casino Orchestra, 64, 183 Aponte uprising, 8 Arciaga, Lorenzo Romero, “The Cup of Coffee,” 95 Arenas, Reinaldo, 15 Arias, Miguel, 94 Arnaz, Desidero y la Acha, 2, 12, 70–85, 183 Arnaz, Desi, Jr., 81, 84, 183 Assante, Armand, 83–84 Asturias, Miguel Ángel, El Señor Presidente, 166 Augie and Margo, 119, 121 Avila, Jose Sanchez, 14 Babalu (deity), 74; (song), 74–76, 81, 85 Babalú—A Tribute to the Music of Desi Arnaz, 84 Bacardi (distillers), 6, 71, 72, 73, 181 Badue, Daniel Serra, “Cuban Sweets,” 94 Baker, Josephine, 116 index Ball, Lucille, 70–71, 76–80, 183 Banderas, Antonio, 83, 84 Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES), 118 Basto, Augusto, I, the Supreme, 167 Bataan (movie), 77 Batista, Elisa Godinez Gomez, 87 Batista, Fulgencio, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 71, 73, 86–98, 101, 104, 112, 115, 117, 118, 127, 128, 129, 132, 134–38, 147, 164, 166, 169, 173, 174, 177, 178, 179, 183; Sombras de América (Shadows of America), 87–88 Batista, Fulgencio (son), 92 Batista, Jorge, 92 Batista, Marta, 87, 91, 98 Batista, Roberto, 92 Batista, Ruben, 92 Bay of Pigs Invasion, 5, 9, 10, 174, 179, 181 Bayo, Alberto, 175 Beals, Carleton, The Crime of Cuba (El Crimen de Cuba), 51, 52, 56–57, 58–59, 182 Bergen, Edgar, 119, 120–21 Benjamin, Walter, 27–28 Bermudez, Cundo, “The Balcony,” 94; “Barbershop,” 94 Bodeguita (bar), 71, 110, 111–12, 124, 139 Bogart, Humphrey, 101, 109, 127 Bolero, 61, 62 Bolivar, Simon, 30, 167–68, 175 Brent, William Lee, 148 Brooks, Paul, 38 Brouwer, Leo, 15 Brown, William Wells, Clotel, 24 Buena Vista Social Club, 183 Index 188 Calhoun, John C., 32 Campos, Arsenio Martinez, 2, 39 Campbell, Robert, 31 Canosa, Raul Izquierdo, Dias de la Guerra Chronologica, 43 Capone, Al, 74 Capone, Albert Francis (“Sonny”), 174 Capri (hotel), 71, 115, 116, 117, 124, 136, 138 “carga al machete,” 43, 44 Carpentier, Alejo, Reasons of State, 167 Carreno, Mario, 94 Carta, Valentin Sanz, “Landscape and Seascape,” 94 Casablanca, 109 Casa Marina, 117 Castaneda, Jorge, 103 Castillo de las Tres Reyes del Morro, el (“Morro Castle”), 3, 29, 51, 145 Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta de Havana, el (“la Punta”), 29, 51, 142 Castro Brothers Orchestra, 64 Castro, Fidel, 2–5, 7–10, 12, 45, 70, 73, 89, 90, 92, 98, 100, 103–109, 112, 113, 122, 128, 129, 132, 134, 135, 148, 154, 164–79, 181, 184, 185 Castro, Raul, 2, 3, 89, 104, 106, 112, 148, 164, 174, 176 Catálogo de Fotos de la Guerra de Independencia de 1895, 45 Cecilia (film), 14–15, 24–25; (ballet), 15 Cecilia Valdes (zarzuela), 14, 25 Central Intelligence Agency, 5, 10, 167–68, 184 Cerf, Bennett, 61, 183 Cespedes, Carlos Manuel de, 2, 8, 38, 72, 114 Chabrier, Jacques, Espana, 61 Chaivano, Daina, 15 Chartrand, Esteban, 94 Cienfuegos, Camilo, 2, 31, 45, 104, 107, 164, 184 Ciro’s (Los Angeles), 78 Cleveland, Grover, 38 Club de la Habana, el, 31, 32, 35 Coello, Marrana Grajales, 45 Cojimar, 106–107, 111, 183 Cole, Nat “King,” 116 Columbus, Christopher 1, 2, 6, 26 Contreras, Felix, 84–85 Copacabana (New York), 78 Cortes, Hernan, 6 Cosell, Howard, 172, 173 Costello, Lou, 119, 121, 122 Coward, Noel, 133 Cowley, Malcolm, 108 Crane, Hart, The Bridge, 55 Crane, Stephen, 46, 126; The Open Boat, 35 Crittenden, John J., 34 Crittenden, William L., 2, 34 Crucet, Enrique, 95 Cruz, Celia, 183 Cuba—A History in Art, 92 Cuban Foundation, 90, 92, 95, 97, 98 Cuban Missile Crisis, 2–5, 9, 10, 12, 103, 123, 138, 165, 174, 179, 181 “Cuban Pete” (song), 78, 81 Cugat, Xavier, 70, 71, 76, 81, 183 “Dance of the Millions,” 8, 50, 62 Davis, Jefferson, 32 Davis, Richard Harding, 39, 45, 68 Daytona Beach, Florida, 12, 84–96, 96–98, 183 De las Casas, Bartolome, 7–8 del Toro, Benicio, 107 de Palma, Anthony, 179 Desilu Productions, 74, 78, 80; The Untouchables, 74, 80 Index...